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

Medicaid; undocumented alien; coverage for emergency medical condition

Consent to enter law ofice procured by deception; trespass claim

Civil penalty for open burning; single or multiple violations?

CPA firm; proposed name change; deceptive and misleading or violation of right to free speech?