medical malpractice complaint; expert witness; motion to dismiss pursuant to Rule 9(j); affidavit contradicting prior testimony; genuine issue of material fact

Worker's Compensation; Competent evidence supported Industrial Commission's findings of fact; Date of maximum medical improvement; N.C. Gen. Stat. 97-31; Industrial Commission Review of Form 26A, Employer's Admission of Employee's Right to Permanent Partial Disability; N.C. Gen. Stat. 97-17; Commission did not err by declining to set aside Form 26A.

domestic violence protective order; surrender of firearms; harassment' vacating portion of DVPO

Workers' Compensation, Partial Disability to Hand, Competent Evidence, Overtime Pay

deprivation of property; restitution; duplicative award; clerical error

In camera review and disclosure of sealed records, substantial basis for review, favorable and material standard for disclosure

waiver of counsel; competency to proceed pro se; jury selection; Batson challenge; 404(b) evidence; non-prejudicial error

Defendant convicted of murder, attempted first-degree murder, and kidnapping over stolen marijuana; North Carolina Rules of Evidence 401, 403, and 901; admissibility of letter and other communications between Defendant and a female accomplice while both were in custody; no improper reference to gang affiliation; trial court did not err in failing to intervene ex mero motu in prosecutor's argument

Motion for appropriate relief; ineffective assistance of trial counsel; ineffective assistance of appellate counsel; petition for writ of certiorari.

notice of registration of a foreign support order; motion for judicial notice; service proper at last known, physical mailing address; North Carolina Rule of Civil Procedure 5; Rule 60 motion; no abuse of discretion

Interlocutory appeal; preliminary injunction; substantial right; dismissed.

facial or as-applied constitutional challenge; transfer of constitutional challenge to three-judge panel; subject-matter jurisdiction; ecclesiastical entanglement

summary judgment; negligence; duty of driver to maintain proper lookout; contributory negligence; doctrine of sudden emergency

facial or as-applied constitutional challenge; transfer of constitutional challenge to three-judge panel; subject-matter jurisdiction; ecclesiastical entanglement

facial or as-applied constitutional challenge; transfer of constitutional challenge to three-judge panel; subject-matter jurisdiction; ecclesiastical entanglement

Workers compensation; wage loss causation by injury; burden of proof

Substantial change in circumstances; parent move; information that antedates prior custody order.

trial court did not err in entering no-contact order where unchallenged findings of fact supported conclusion that defendant harassed plaintiff, thereby engaging in unlawful conduct

neglected juvenile; adjudication; findings of fact; N.C. Gen. Stat. 7B-101(15)