Embezzlement, Corporate malfeasance, Jurisdiction, Evidence, Variance in indictment

Assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury; plain error; use of pattern jury instructions; failure to instruct jury that assault charge requires victim to be alive

Assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury; denial of request for self-defense instruction; motion to dismiss; sufficiency of evidence of serious injury; potential clerical error on judgment form

Witness testimony, victim, ineffective assistance of counsel; sexual assault,credibility.

common law robbery; substantial evidence of continuous transaction supported denial of motion to dismiss; admission of Rule 404(b) evidence was harmless, if error; inadequate notice and opportunity to be heard on award of attorney's fees

non-probate assets; motion to dismiss; lack of subject matter jurisdiction; failure to state a claim; conversion; unjust enrichment; constructive trust; statute of limitations; undue influence; interference with inheritance; potential economic advantage; breach of fiduciary duty; constructive fraud

Equitable distribution; intangible goodwill; reasonably approximate value of business; qualification of expert witness; tax implications of equitable distribution; distribution of assets

Rule 12(b)(6) dismissal; timeliness of notice of appeal; waiver; statutory authority of retired emergency district court judge; compliance with local court rules

Breach of contract; defamation; trespass; error preservation rule for challenges to jury instructions; motion to dismiss at trial treated as motion for directed verdict; directed verdict on trespass to real property claim; costs award limited by statute

Medical malpractice; nurses; nurse specializations; use of illustrative exhibit; jury instructions

permanency planning order; ceasing reunification efforts; guardianship verification

clear and convincing evidence supports finding of fact and conclusion of law that juvenile is an abused juvenile;

Placement of juvenile; preference for relative; guardianship; parental rights; visitation; changed circumstances.

abuse and neglect adjudications; sufficiency of findings to support adjudications of abuse and neglect; absence of evidence supporting inference of probable abuse precluded adjudication of abuse; insufficient findings to support adjudication of neglect

adjudication of abuse and neglect of juvenile; civil deposition request; admissibility of expert testimony

Visitation, Neglect

Medical Malpractice, Summary Judgment

N.C.G.S. § 15A-1343(b)(3a); Probation Violation; Absconding; Willfulness