Workers' compensation; Full Commission's authority to reconsider evidence and amend deputy commissioner's award if good ground be shown; N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-85; competent evidence standard; Full Commission authority to weigh evidence and reject testimony it disbelieves

Expert testimony on sexual abuse; presumption that judge discerns properness of evidence in bench trial; hearsay in abuse adjudication.

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 31-32; will caveats; subject matter jurisdiction; lack of standing to bring caveat; N.C. Gen. Stat. § 29-15; intestate succession; N.C. Gen. Stat. § 29-19(b)

public records request; special proceeding; lack of subject matter jurisdiction; lack of authority to initiate action

Termination of parental rights; findings of fact; NCGS 7B-1111(a); failure to pay child support; and judicial discretion

North Carolina Utilities Commission; Commission's decision prima facie just and reasonable; Deference afforded to Commission's interpretation of statute

SAFE Child Act; S.B. 199; revival provision; three-judge panel of Wake County Superior Court; motion to transfer; res judicata

SAFE Child Act; S.B. 199; revival provision; three-judge panel of Wake County Superior Court; motion to transfer; res judicata

partial summary judgment; breach of contract; specific performance; implied warranty of habitability; summary ejectment; tortious interference with contract; fraud

worker's compensation; full commission did not abuse its discretion in allowing claimant's motion to submit additional evidence where good grounds existed for granting motion and Form 44 put defendants on notice of material aggravation theory; bariatric surgery was directly related to work injury that required right knee surgery and thus compensable where right knee surgery could not be safely performed before substantial weight loss that would result from bariatric surgery

Judgment on pleadings; declaratory judgment act; insurance policy; policy exclusions; intentional act; duty to defend/indemnify.

denial of Rule 60(b) motion; attorney's fees; void judgment

trafficking, traffic stop, license plate, renewal sticker, Commissioner, DMV, reasonable suspicion, mistake of law, registration card, ambiguous

motion for appropriate relief; Brady and Napue claims failed because of lack of probability allegedly wrongfully withheld or intentionally false evidence would have changed result of trial had it not been withheld or introduced; evidentiary hearing was required on ineffective assistance of counsel claim to determine whether failure to investigate key alibi witness prejudiced outcome of trial; gatekeeper order prohibiting the filing of future motions for appropriate relief was erroneous where there was no history of filing successive frivolous motions for appropriate relief

Fifth Amendment; custodial interrogation; barricaded suspect; and clerical error

Miranda Rights; interrogation; confession; unambiguous request for counsel; motion to suppress; Fifth Amendment

Jury instructions; mandatory presumption; attorney-client privilege; motion to compel.

Driving while intoxicated; motion to suppress medical record evidence; Fourth Amendment right to be free from warrantless search and seizure; harmless beyond a reasonable doubt; no prejudicial error.

solicitation; first-degree murder; lesser included offense; improper closing argument

Underinsured motorist coverage; Motor Vehicle Safety and Financial Responsibility Act; N.C. Gen. Stat. § 20-279.21(b)(4); calculation of coverage when there are multiple underinsured tortfeasors and multiple applicable UIM policies; statutory construction