failure to intervene ex mero motu; plain error; Allen charge

jury instructions; aggressor doctrine; second-degree murder; motion for appropriate relief.

Child custody; visitation; best interests of the child; insufficient evidentiary support for findings of fact

landlord-tenant; rent-to-own; N.C. R. App. P. 28(b)(6); abandoned argument; summary ejectment

interpretation of contract; unambiguous terms; motion to dismiss

obligations under deed of trust; promissory note; contract interpretation; conclusions of law; findings of fact; summary judgment.

Standing; North Carolina Uniform Power of Attorney Act; Interested person; Sanctions; Contempt.

Interlocutory appeal, jurisdiction, risk of inconsistent verdicts, substantial right exception, motion to dismiss, injunction, declaratory judgment, claim, cause of action, dismissed.

Rule 54(b), final judgments, interlocutory orders, Rule 59, trial on the merits, summary judgment, Bodie Island Beach Club Ass’n, Inc. v. Wray, 215 N.C. App. 283 (2011), tolling appeals, Rule 3, Rule 60(b).

DVPO; findings of fact; act of domestic violence

Whether plaintiffs' negligent retention claim falls within the scope of a medical malpractice action pursuant to N.C.G.S. 90-21.11 and therefore is barred by the statute of repose.

Whether the City's notice of violation provided sufficient notice of alleged violations of its unified development ordinance.

Whether individualized fact issues such as the fair market value of property preclude class certification on predominance grounds.

Whether the Business Court erred in granting summary judgment for defendants on a declaratory judgment claim and breach of fiduciary duty and constructive fraud claims.

Whether the Court of Appeals erred in affirming the trial court's order and remanding for additional findings regarding the calculation of the alimony award and attorney fees.

Whether two defendants (a natural person and an LLC) have sufficient minimum contacts with North Carolina to confer personal jurisdiction over them.

Whether the trial court is collaterally estopped from adjudicating allegations of sexual abuse alleged in a juvenile petition, where some of those allegations were resolved in a child custody order and recited in an interference petition order.

Whether the Court of Appeals erred in holding that respondent had ratified the loan documents encumbering her real property, thereby authorizing petitioner to foreclose under N.C.G.S. 45-21.16.

Whether the prior pending action doctrine precluded the trial court from adjudicating a termination of parental rights petition where there was a preexisting pending motion for review in another jurisdiction.