North Carolina False Claims Act; Qui tam action; 911 Service fees; Rule 12 dismissals; First-to-File Rule; N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1-608(b)(5); N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1-610; N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143B-1403(a); S.B. 99; S.B. 335; Retroactive application of legislation; Vested right; Inchoate right; Relator.

summary judgment; derivative claims; fiduciary duty of officer to corporation; fiduciary duty of majority shareholders to minority shareholder; tradename infringement; conversion; unjust enrichment; unfair and deceptive trade practices; civil conspiracy

Contribution and indemnity claims against school board in bus negligence case; limited waiver of governmental immunity; Tort Claims Act; Rule 14 of the Rules of Civil Procedure; N.C. Gen. Stat. 1B-1(h); statutes strictly construed against waiver of governmental immunity

Statute of Repose; Negligence; Punitive Damages

Industrial Commission, The Workers' Compensation Act, workplace death benefits, acknowledged illegitimate child, substantially dependent child

Civil Contempt; Criminal Contempt; Child Custody; Attorney's Fees

Batson three-step process, clearly erroneous standard

Resentencing after remand; compliance with N.C. Gen. Stat. 15A-1335; changes to consolidation of convictions