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Richardson v. Maxim Healthcare/Allegis Grp.
Workers' Compensation; notice of claim requirement under N.C.G.S. § 97-22; sufficiency of medical evidence that employee's injuries required replacement of both breast implaints
State v. Corbett
Whether by pleading guilty after the trial court denied his double jeopardy claim, defendant waived appellate review of the double jeopardy claim
State v. Duncan
Murder trial (noncapital); IAC claim based on defense counsel's failure to present evidence of and request a jury instruction on diminished capacity
State v. Maready
Motor vehicle wreck; second-degree murder; motion to suppress evidence from traffic stop; plain error review of introduction of evidence of defendant's prior convictions
State v. Smith
Application of corpus delicti rule to defendant's extrajudicial confession and conviction for sex offense with a child; plain error review of improper jury instructions related to defendant's conviction for indecent liberties
State v. Taylor
First-degree murder (capital/death)
State v. Williams
Dismissal of criminal charge for State's failure to provide defendant potentially exculpatory photographs and poster; N.C.G.S. § 15A-954(a)(4)
Terry's Floor Fashions, Inc. v. Crown Gen. Contr'rs, Inc.
Contractor's abandonment of project; award of attorneys' fees under N.C.G.S. § 44A-35 to subcontractor that obtained a lien on the subject property to pay amount owed
Supreme Court Opinions Filed October 10, 2008
Good Hope Health Sys., L.L.C. v. N.C. Dep't of Health & Human Servs.
Certificate of need; whether total replacement of hospital facility should be reviewed as a new institutional health service or as a modification to a previously issued CON
Grant v. High Point Reg'l Health Sys.
Failure to produce x-rays; Rule 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss common law obstruction of justice claim
Hughes v. Rivera-Ortiz
Medical malpractice; alleged sexual assault by M.D.; denial of plantiff's Rule 59 motion for new trial on damages; ratification of negligence by medical clinic
In re Badgett
Review of recommendation for judicial censure
In re L.B.
Appeal from termination of parental rights; whether N.C. R. App. P. 3A permits parent's GAL to sign a notice of appeal on the parent's behalf
Macher v. Macher
Rule 60(b) motion to set aside divorce judgment on grounds trial court lacked personal jurisdiction over defendant; conflicting evidence whether defendant signed his purported answer to divorce complaint
McIntyre v. McIntyre
Whether a prenuptial agreement waived all rights to equitable distribution or was simply a fair trader agreement
State v. Haislip
Standing to challenge constitutionality of driver's license checkpoint
State v. Turnage
First-degree burglary; sufficiency of evidence of defendant as the perpetrator of the crime of first-degree burglary
Watts v. N.C. Dep't of Env't & Natural Res.
Tort Claims Act; negligent issuance of improvement permit following faulty soil test; public duty doctrine/special duty exception
Williams v. Law Cos. Grp., Inc.
Workers' Compensation; sufficiency of medical evidence on causation