Failure to exhaust administrative remedies, subject matter jurisdiction, grievance process, Office of Administrative Hearings

Workers' Compensation; Dismissal; Failure to Prosecute

Civil and criminal contempt, compliance with child custody order.

Alimony; competent evidence; cohabitation; calculation of alimony amount

Medical malpractice; breach of standard of care; proximate causation; summary judgment; Rule 59(e); Rule 60; toll the notice of appeal; expert witnesses; Rule 702(b) of NC Rules of Evidence; NC Gen. Stat. § 90-21.12; knowledge of the same or similar community standard; admissibility of expert's witnesses

equitable distribution; classification of property

Sufficiency of the Evidence; Jury Instructions; Plain Error; Ineffective Assistance of Counsel

Felony child abuse; lesser-included offense instruction; sentencing considerations

Ineffective assistance of counsel - Failure to object to admission of evidence