Summary Judgment, Negligence, Contributory Negligence

Whether sentence reduction credits apply when determining the unconditional release date for an inmate who received an eight-year 'life sentence'

Statutory interpretation; extent to which subsection 113A-57(1) of the N.C. Sedimentation Pollution Control Act of 1973 regulates 'land-disturbing activities' in trout waters buffer zones

Whether sentence reduction credits apply when determining the unconditional release date for an inmate who received an eighty-year 'life sentence'

Timeliness of plaintiffs' appeal from an interlocutory order dismissing certain claims against defendants

Extent of trial court's authority to grant defendant relief in an MAR proceeding

Whether defendant received double punishment in violation of N.C.G.S. § 20-141.4 when he was sentenced for felony death by vehicle and felony serious injury by vehicle

Whether the trial court erred in permitting cross-examination of defendant under Rule of Evidence 404(b) about incidents for which evidence of defendant's convictions was inadmissible under Rule 609

Medical malpractice; N.C.R. Civ. P. 59(a)

Family Law

Defendant did not forfeit right to attorney when his mental capacity unclear

Termination of parental rights

Sufficiency of evidence of crime against nature; remand for reconstruction of evidence

Equitable defense of laches

Change of venue

Generally, party lacks standing to challenge; third party subpoenaed

Willful Refusal, DWI, Affidavit, Chemical Analysis, D.M.V.

Zoning; Timeliness of Appeal to Board of Adjustment