workers compensation; disability and suitability of substitute employment; makework

standard of review; estate proceedings; special proceedings

standard of review; estate proceedings; special proceedings

Property Tax; Revaluation; Misapplication

Protection of the Abused, Neglected, or Exploited Disabled Adult Act; petition for protective services; petition contents required

Expert Testimony, NC Rule of Civil Procedure 26, Alimony

exhaustion of administrative remedies; Tort Claims Act; statute of limitations

child custody modification order; access to child's medical, school, and counseling records; supervised visitation in best interest of child

res judicata; law of the case; impossibility of compliance with injunction; failure to join necessary party; untimely appeal from motion for reconsideration

sufficiency of prior record level evidence; discretionary writs; certiorari

identity theft; motion to dismiss for insufficient evidence; jury instruction on false, contradictory, or conflicting statements

driving while impaired; invited error

motion to dismiss for insufficient evidence; driving while impaired; resisting a public officer; possession of open container while driving; motion to suppress blood test results; officers' use of force during blood draw; body-camera recordings

Third prosecution arising out of same alleged conduct; presumption of prosecutorial vindictiveness; joinable offenses; dismissal required

Utilities Commission; Waiver; Motion to Dismiss; Legally enforceable obligation.

Statutory Interpretation; Impact Fees; General Enterprise Statutes; Local Acts; Summary Judgment

competency; capacity; clerical errors

sufficient evidence of intent for simple assault; error in jury instruction; substantial evidence of defense of accident

No abuse of discretion admitting drugs smashed before trial; where defendant admitted habitual felon status, judgment must reflect adjudgment as habitual felon; clerical error required remand