Domestic violence protective order, personal relationship, judicial admission, illustrative evidence, prejudice.

grant of motion to dismiss was not error where defendant did not sign contract in an individual capacity; trial court's failure to rule on motion to amend or alter judgment was not preserved for appellate review

Admissibility of lay witness identifications, Rule of Evidence 701; sufficient evidence of felony larceny; restitution, N.C. Gen. Stat. 15A-1340.34, N.C. Gen. Stat. 1340.36, review of ability to pay prior to ordering restitution.

insufficient evidence of every essential element for the offense of breaking or entering a motor vehicle

Arson; motion to dismiss; application of requirement that defendant burned the dwelling house of another where other inhabitant was co-conspirator in arson plan; admission of expert testimony on fire investigation and cause of fire; Rule 702 reliability determination; jury instructions on insurance fraud; plain error; sufficiency of evidence to support restitution

Worker's Compensation; NCGS 97-25(f); NCGS 97-2(19); NCGS 97-88.1; frivolous appeal; medical compensation; attorney's fees; abuse of discretion; cross appeal.

Declaratory judgment by insurer; personal injury lawsuits; duty to defend; US Driver's Privacy Projection Act; construing insurance policies; defined terms; plain meaning.

temporary suspension of supervised visitation; COVID-19; costs of visitation

child support; insufficient findings of fact; computation of gross income; credit for biological child