Appellate Court Opinions

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2,650 Appellate Court Opinions

, Supreme Court , 124A12 (Per Curiam) , Published
State v. Lindsey

Whether defendant's motion to dismiss charges of speeding to elude arrest and narcotics possession should have been dismissed because the State's evidence was insufficient to take those charges to a jury

, Supreme Court , 529A11-2 (Per Curiam) , Published
State v. Rico

Whether a defendant who was erroneously sentenced to an aggravated range term under a plea arrangement should simply be resentenced or whether the entire plea agreement must be set aside

, Supreme Court , 32A12 (Justice Robert Edmunds Jr.) , Published
Trivette v. Yount

Whether plaintiff's remedy for a workplace injury is limited to filing a claim under the N.C. Workers' Compensation Act; whether defendant is plaintiff's employer or co-employee for purposes of Pleasant v. Johnson

, Supreme Court , 268A11 (Justice Patricia Timmons-Goodson) , Published
In re Foreclosure of Johnson

Whether a special assessment made by a condominium homeowners association is unlawful and invalid

, Supreme Court , 332A11 (Per Curiam) , Published
In re T.A.S.

Motion to suppress; constitutionality of an individual search for contraband that went beyond a student's outer clothing based only on generalized suspicion of all students

, Supreme Court , 55A12 (Per Curiam) , Published
McAdams v. Safety Kleen Sys., Inc.

Workers' Compensation; employer admits compensability; whether the Indus. Comm'n made sufficient findings of fact to support its award when the Comm'n's opinion recited conflicting facts regarding the extent of the employee's work-related injuries and his differing accounts of how the accident occurred

, Supreme Court , 397PA11 (Justice Robert Edmunds Jr.) , Published
State v. Oates

Whether the State filed timely notice of appeal from the trial court's order allowing defendant's motion to suppress

, Supreme Court , 10A12 (Justice Barbara Jackson) , Published
Mussa v Palmer-Mussa

Whether the district court properly dismissed plaintiff's action to annul his marriage to defendant for bigamy because plaintiff failed to present sufficient evidence that defendant had been married previously

, Supreme Court , 379A11 (Justice Paul Newby) , Published
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Hosp. Auth. v Talford

Action to collect unpaid bill for inpatient care received by defendant; trial court's grant of summary judgment for hospital on the amount due; whether there was a genuine issue of material fact regarding the reasonableness of the charges

, Supreme Court , 539A11 (Per Curiam) , Published
Mauldin v AC Corp.

Workers' Compensation; N.C.G.S. § 97-57; whether competent evidence supported Indus. Comm'n's findings on which insurance carrier had the risk for plaintiff?s asbestosis

, Supreme Court , 443A11 (Justice Mark Martin) , Published
Moore v Proper

Professional malpractice action; grant of summary judgment in defendants' favor; whether plaintiff's expert witness met the requirements of Rule 9(j)(1)-that he was reasonably expected to qualify as an expert under Rule 702(b).

, Supreme Court , 28A12 (Justice Paul Newby) , Published
Ray v N.C. Dep't of Transp.

Negligence action against the State; application of public duty doctrine to DOT's exercise of its mandate to maintain the public roads

, Supreme Court , 505A11 (Per Curiam) , Published
State v Barrow

When defendant was charged with first-degree murder, whether the trial court erred in also instructing the jury on second-degree murder; prejudicial effect of testimony from one of several expert witnesses; prejudicial effect of the trial court's failure to give the full pattern jury instruction on determination of aggravating factors