Workers' compensation benefits; failure to establish plaintiff suffered an occupational disease; lack of expert medical evidence that plaintiff was at increased risk of contracting asthma than general public

First Amendment, Standing, Contract claims by church members, Review based on neutral principles of law

ripeness; subject matter jurisdiction; land use

Personal Injury, Obstacle in Roadway, Contributory Negligence, JNOV, Last Clear Chance, Jury Instructions

Neglected and dependent juvenile; Permanent plan of guardianship with relative; Ceasing reunification efforts; Reunification as concurrent permanent plan

Conduct inconsistent with constitutionally protected status as parent; clear, cogent and convincing evidence standard; ceasing reunification efforts, NCGS 7B-906.2; permanent custody; foster parents.

attorney's fees; NCGS §§ 36C-10-1004, 6-21(2)

Termination of parental rights, appeal from permanency planning order

termination, law of the case

ajudication order, parental rights

Rule 59 motion for new trial following summary judgment order resolving the case

Business Records; Authentication; Felony Breaking and Entering

Reasonable Suspicion; Fourth Amendment; Traffic Stops; Motion to Suppress

Jury instructions on unindicted first-degree kidnapping elements; sentences for two assaults allegedly based on the same conduct; motion to dismiss first-degree offense for insufficient evidence of serious personal injury; lifetime registration and SBM; Grady issue

Necessity, Duress, Defense, Instruction

Motion for Appropriate Relief; Commitment Orders; Judgments and Sentencing; Judicial Notice; Service of Sentence

Felonious larceny; jury instructions; breaking or entering; sufficient evidence to support jury finding that defendant personally committed the crime

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.

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.