Supreme Court

, Supreme Court , 171A17 (Per Curiam) , Published
State v. Williams

Whether, during a trial for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, the trial court properly admitted testimony regarding defendant's prior possession of a firearm under Rule 404(b); whether that testimony was unfairly prejudicial and therefore should have been excluded under Rule 403; whether the Court of Appeals erred by reviewing for prejudicial error as opposed to plain error.

, Supreme Court , 168A17 (Per Curiam) , Published
In re Se. Eye Ctr.

Appeal from interlocutory order of N.C. Business Court approving a Settlement Agreement entered in one of a series of lawsuits; whether the claimant was inappropriately granted secured status as part of her settlement with the Receiver administering defendants' assets; whether the court abused its discretion in approving the settlement.

, Supreme Court , 85A17 (Per Curiam) , Published
State v. Downey

Appeal from trial court's denial of defendant's motion to suppress evidence found during a traffic stop; whether the police officer unconstitutionally prolonged the stop in violation of the Supreme Court of the United States' decision in Rodriguez v. United States.

, Supreme Court , 45A17 (Per Curiam) , Published
N.C. Farm Bureau Mut. Ins. Co. v. Hull

Subrogation action to recover money paid under the UIM coverage provision of a policy issued by plaintiff after plaintiff's insureds obtained a settlement from another fully insured third-party tortfeasor; whether plaintiff's claim should have been dismissed based on the three-year statute of limitations for breach of contract actions; when the claim accrued.

, Supreme Court , 44PA17 (Justice Sam Ervin IV) , Published
Wilkie v. City of Boiling Spring Lakes

Action for inverse condemnation pursuant to N.C.G.S. 40A-51 based upon the flooding of plaintiffs' property by water from an adjacent City-owned lake.

, Supreme Court , 7PA17 (Per Curiam) , Published
In re J.A.M.

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

, Supreme Court , 4PA17 (Per Curiam) , Published
State v. Schalow

Whether defendant's conviction for attempted first-degree murder should be vacated on double jeopardy grounds.

, Supreme Court , 453A16 (Per Curiam) , Published
Allied Spectrum, LLC v. Ger. Auto Ctr., Inc.

Civil action for breach of contract and related claims; whether plaintiff was entitled to voluntarily dismiss its case under Civil Procedure Rule 41(a)(1) after end of summary judgment hearing but before the court issued its ruling; whether the trial court erred in entering summary judgment for defendants.

, Supreme Court , 427A16 (Justice Barbara Jackson) , Published
Abrons Fam. Prac. & Urgent Care, PA v. N.C. Dep't of Health & Hum. Servs.

Civil complaint filed by various medical practices to recover damages and other relief for the State's failure to properly implement a new electronic payment system to reimburse plaintiffs for their services to Medicaid-eligible patients; whether the trial court erred in dismissing plaintiffs' complaint for lack of subject matter jurisdiction because plaintiffs did not exhaust their administrative remedies before filing a civil suit.

, Supreme Court , 419PA16 (Justice Cheri Beasley) , Published
Willowmere Cmty. Ass'n v. City of Charlotte

Whether the trial court erred in dismissing an action brought by plaintiff homeowners' associations seeking to invalidate the City's rezoning of adjacent property; whether the failure of plaintiffs' boards of directors to comply with association bylaws authorizing them to initiate litigation on behalf of the members deprived plaintiffs of legal standing to sue.

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