Judicial determination of aggravating factor; Blakely v. Washington & State v. Blackwell

Tort Claims Act; appeal from N.C. Indus. Comm'n decision denying claim; legal standard for determining premises liability

Personal property valuation; appeal to Property Tax Commission; whether taxpayer has burden of proof or of production under In re AMP

Minor child; adjudication of neglect & dispositional order ceasing reunification efforts; whether clear and convincing evidence supported findings of fact on which both order were based.

Following award of benefits to employee of uninsured subcontractor, whether Indus. Comm'n has exclusive jurisdiction over declaratory judgment action to determine defendants' liability to plaintiff as third-party beneficiary of a contract to provide workers' comp coverage to subcontractor's employees

Subdivision covemant limiting each lot to one single family dwelling; whether this structural restriction also restricts occupancy of the dwelling to a single family

Sentencing proceeding; whether clerk's comment regarding trial court's failure to specify whether defendant's sentences were to run concurrently or consecutively violated N.C.G.S. § 15A-1334(b)

Juvenile petition alleging dependency; whether DSS offered sufficient proof of issuance of summons to establish trial court's subject matter jurisdiction over the case

North Carolina Rules of Appellate Procedure

Class action; sale of single premium credit insurance in conjunction with mortgage loans; claims based on breach of duty of good faith and fair dealing; calculating treble damages for UDTP claims when borrower has received a premium refund