medical malpractice action; N.C.G.S. § 90-21.12; N.C.R. Civ. P. 9(j); summary judgment.

Surplus-funds disbursement; lienholder priority; Rule 52; Rule 59; Rule 60; Sanctions; AI.

termination of parental rights; inaccurate transcript; adequate record.

Termination of parental rights; willful abandonment; incarceration; standard of proof

Delinquent juvenile; motion to dismiss; insufficiency of evidence; ineffective assistance of counsel; N.C.G.S. 7B-2501(c); false report of mass violence

abuse; neglect; parental drug use; positive drug screens; consent to medical testing; clear and convincing evidence.

termination of parental rights; willful abandonment; incarcerated parent; clear, cogent, and convincing evidence; best interests of the child.

termination of parental rights; TPR; personal knowledge; hearsay; business records exception to hearsay

Ttermination of parental rights; N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7B-1111(a)(1); current neglect; future neglect.

N.C. Industrial Commission; Claims for Damages Under Tort Claims Act; actionable negligence.

Intrustion upon seclusion; intentional infliction of emotional distress; negligent infliction of emotional distress; civil conspiracy; Rule 11 sanctions.

alimony payments and arrearages; N.C.G.S. § 50-16.7(j); abuse of discretion.

interlocutory, substantial right, mistril

interlocutory appeal; date of separation; jurisdiction

first-degree murder; plain error; jury instructions; Rule 403; Rule 404(b); felony murder.

probation revocation; jurisdiction; notice of appeal; N.C.R. App. P. 4; certiorari petition.

Anders brief, trafficking by possession of fentanyl.

first-degree murder; jury instructions on self-defense; jury instructions on voluntary manslaughter based on a theory of imperfect self-defense

second-degree rape; sufficiency of the evidence; consent; mistaken belief in consent; Rule 412.