Workers' Compensation; whether Larson test bars benefits to employee who misrepresented his physical condition when he was hired

Application of marital testimonial privilege to conversations between inmate and spouse in a prison visiting area

Extent of Medical Board's disciplinary authority over licensees who participate in administration of the death penalty

Definition of valid protective order for purposes of felony enhancement under N.C.G.S. § 50B-4.1

Medical malpractice; admission of expert testimony; same or similar community standard; N.C.G.S. § 90-21.12; summary judgment

Juvenile; adjudication of delinquency; admissibility of confession obtained when student was questioned by school officials and school resource (police) officer

Whether clerk's failure to sign summonses issued in a child neglect proceeding deprived the trial court of subject matter jurisdiction over both that proceeding and a later proceeding that terminated parental rights based on the earlier finding of neglect

Whether plaintiff sufficiently alleged that she was engaged in protected activity under the State Whisleblower Act to survive a motion to dismiss

Nonjurisdictional violations of N.C. R. App. P. 10(c)(1); whether new trial is required when appellate court reverses trial court's grant of JUDGMENT NOTWITHSTANDING THE VERDICT in defendant's favor on plaintiff's claims for fraud and UDTP

Termination of parental rights; whether failure to issue summons of TPR proceedings to children deprived trial court of subject matter jurisdiction