Workers' Compensation; Competent Evidence Standard; Occupational Disease

motion to dismiss; personal jurisdiction; minimum contacts; due process

Willful refusal of chemical analysis related to drivers license revocation

N.C. Gen. Stat. Sec. 1A-1, Rule 54(h); interlocutory appeals; substantial right; res judicata

Interlocutory Appeal, Risk of Inconsistent Verdicts

Termination of Parental Rights, No-Merit Brief

One Judge Over-ruling Another; First Amendment; Subject Matter Jurisdiction.

Equitable Distribution; Marital Property; Classification and Valuation

Service of Process; Alias and Pluries Summons; Summary Judgment

Res judicata; Lassiter exception; Privity.

child custody; in-chambers interview; civil contempt order; compliance after warnings.

child custody; in-chambers interview with a minor; civil contempt order; compliance after warnings.

Driving while impaired, License revocation hearing conducted by the DMV, Reasonable grounds to arrest person for impaired driving, Probable cause to suspect person had committed an implied consent offense, Person's willful refusal to submit to a chemical analysis of his breath

Whether confession was voluntary; inducement of hope or fear; Fifth Amendment; motion to suppress; coercion

Evidence; Rule 404(b); jury instructions

Motion to suppress; knock and talk; unpreserved issue; voluntary consent; scope of consent; adequate findings to support probation term.

Voluntary manslaughter; Motion to dismiss; Ineffective assistance of counsel; Shorthand statement of facts; Basis of expert's opinion; In camera review of sealed records.

Outside contact with a juror; mistrial; jury tampering; integrity of the jury system

Fourth Amendment; Probable Cause; Search Warrant; Staleness