Whether the two-year statute of limitations in N.C.G.S. § 15-1 mandates dismissal of misdemeanor charges against a defendant who was charged via a citation and magistrate's order, but not by a warrant, indictment, or presentment.

Whether the trial court erred in dismissing a medical malpractice complaint for failure to comply with Civil Procedure Rule 9(j) when plaintiff met the substantive requirements of, but failed to include a specific statement required by, Rule 9(j); whether the trial court erred in not allowing plaintiff to amend the complaint under Rules 15(a) and (c) to correct the technical pleading defect after the statute of limitations had run.

Motion to compel arbitration; Existence and scope of arbitration agreement; Construction of contract language.

Court of Appeals Panels Bound By Previous Decisions of the Court; Doctrine of Necessaries; Women's Property Clause

Equitable Distribution

Equitable Distribution; 529 Savings Plan as Marital Property; No Court-Created Exceptions to Marital Property Definition

equitable distribution

Subject-matter jurisdiction; challenge to superior court's subject-matter jurisdiction after entry of default judgment based on exclusivity provision of our Workers' Compensation Act, N.C. Gen. Stat. 97-10.1; superior court's refusal to resolve subject-matter jurisdiction challenge based on defenses of equitable estoppel and laches

Challenged Findings, Breach of Contract, Damages

Motion to dismiss; Fraud; Unfair and Deceptive Trade Practices

Adequate Record for Appellate Review; Lack of Transcript or Narrative

non-exclusive easement; prescriptive easement; summary judgment

condemnation, parking taking

Child custody; temporary custody order becoming permanent by operation of time; sufficiency of findings supporting physical and legal custody awards; joint legal custody award with division of decision-making authority

Rule 60, Deficiency Judgment, Affirmative Defense, Excusable Neglect, Abuse of Discretion

COA17-570 Rule 60(b)(4) motion for relief was improper substitute for appeal; order not void. COA17-813 Entry of stay was interlocutory; no substantial right affected

Entry of stay was interlocutory; no substantial right affected

Just Cause, Unacceptable Personal Conduct, Demotion of a Career State Employee