Probation Revocation; Subject Matter Jurisdiction

The exclusivity provision of the Workers' Compensation Act. Appellate jurisdiction over denials of motions to dismiss under Rules 12(b)(1) and 12(b)(6). Woodson & Pleasant exceptions

Workers' Compensation; when the Industrial Commission does not preapprove attendant care, whether the lack of such preapproval bars an employee from being reimbursed for retroactive attendant care services

Suit by investors to recover money lost in a business venture; liability of one individual defendant based on breach of fiduciary duty and piercing the corporate veil

Whether the constitutional right to a sound basic education requires the State to provide access to prekindergarten programs for all eligible, at-risk four year olds

Whether the North Carolina Felony Firearms Act, which bars certain felons from possessing firearms anywhere, is unconstitutional as applied to plaintiff

Workers' Compensation; when the Industrial Commission does not preapprove attendant care, whether the lack of such preapproval bars an employee from being reimbursed for retroactive attendant care services

Appeal from defendant's conviction for possession of a firearm by a felon; whether the State presented sufficient evidence to corroborate defendant's confession.

On remand: motion to suppress; whether an initial stop by a police officer for a vehicle equipment violation had become consensual when defendant consented to a search of his vehicle

Appeal from defendant's convictions for first-degree kidnapping, second-degree rape, and second-degree sexual offense; whether the State proved that the victim was physically helpless, as required under N.C.G.S. ?? 14-27.3(a)(2) and 14-27.5(a)(2)

Products liability action; whether an appellate court has jurisdiction to hear an interlocutory appeal from a trial court's denial of a motion to dismiss based on a statute of repose; determination of which statute of repose applies to the instant action