Permanency planning order; reunification; parental progress vs. children's best interests

Speeding police car causing injury to pedestrian; gross negligence

Independent contractor's intentional torts; company's liability for negligent hiring or retention

Certificate of need; New hospital facility

Defamation; radio broadcast; private figure/matter of public concern; interlocutory appeal

N.C.G.S. § 20-279.21(b)(3); application of out-of-state judgment to uninsured motorist carrier

First-degree murder (capital/death)

Rape shield law

Testimony about defendant's request for counsel; jury exposure to information outside the record regarding flight; prejudicial error?

Controlled substance; sufficiency of evidence of intent to sell

Habitual DWI; amending indictment to correct date of previous DWI conviction

Workers' compensation; permanent and total disability; sequential injuries under different employers

Workers' compensation; N.C.G.S. § 97-22; failure to timely report injury to employer

Employer negligence; liability release

Judge's comment to defense counsel; Prejudicial effect at trial

Minor child; Evidence to support finding of neglect

Separation agreement; Void for vagueness or enforceable with parol evidence

Unfair trade practices claim; defendants' attorney's fees