Midyear income tax increase applicable to entire tax year; constitutionality under Art. I, Sec. 16 of N.C.

Domestic violence protective orders; equitable distribution; property included in marital estate

N.C.G.S. § 108A-57(a); extent of DMA's subrogation right when only part of a settlement is for medical expenses caused by the settling tortfeasor

Application of Blakely v. Washington and State v. Allen to defendant sentenced in the presumptive range

Customer's fall on defendant's premises; negligence; should directed verdict have been set aside & new trial ordered?

Minor child; neglect finding, followed by later custody award; mootness of appeal from earlier order

Termination of parental rights proceedings; failures to meet statutory time limits; prejudicial effect

Termination of parental rights proceedings; failures to meet statutory time limits; prejudicial effect; grounds to terminate under N.C.G.S. § 7B-111(a)

Workers' Compensation; conflicting medical testimony; failure to address estoppel argument; whether that issue was preserved for appellate review

Negligence; third-party complaint against the State; proper forum; public duty doctrine; failure to allege waiver of sovereign immunity

Personal injury; jury instructions; mandatory presumption on amount of medical expenses incurred

Constitutionality of local act and an ordinance enacted thereunder; does repeal of the ordinance render a challenge to the act non-justiciable and moot?

First-degree murder (capital/death)

No error guilt-innocence phase; no error capital sentencing proceeding; non-capital sentencing vacated and remanded for resentencing

Prior adjudication of delinquency for an offense equivalent to a Class A thru E felony; judicial finding as an aggravating factor; application of Blakely

Breach of employment contract; forum-selection issue; interlocutory appeal from order denying motion to dismiss

Unfair trade practices and common law fraud; standing to sue; actual injurY requirement; economic loss doctrine