Construction contract; indemnity

Contractor's abandonment of construction project; can contractor's failure to defend and subsequent entry of default judgment against it terminate subcontractor's right to a lien on the property on which improvements were made?

Contractor's abandonment of construction project; can contractor's failure to defendant and subsequent entry of default judgment against it terminate subcontractor's right to a lien on the property on which improvements were made?

Batson v. Kentucky challenge to prosecution's use of peremptory challenges; appeal from trial court's order following remand for hearing after defendant's conviction and sentence of death for first-degree murder

Traffic stop; reasonable suspicion to continue investigation after conclusion of initial stop; motion to suppress evidence seized in subsequent search

Title to real property; whether trial court made sufficient findings of fact concerning defendant's adverse possession claim

Erroneous jury instruction on rape/acting in concert; plain error review; applicability of State v. Graham

Terminationof parentalrights; whether service of process was ineffective, thereby depriving trial court of subject matter jurisdiction

Appeal to Property Tax Comm'n from assessment of unpaid back taxes plus interest on a residence; immaterial irregularities under N.C.G.S. § 105-394

Medical malpractice; sufficiency of expert testimony on proximate cause