Appellate Court Opinions

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33,453 Appellate Court Opinions

, Court of Appeals , COA21-226 (Judge Lucy Inman) , Published
Osborne v. Paris

Motor Vehicle Safety and Financial Responsibility Act; multiple tortfeasors in collision between motorcycle and car, one underinsured and one uninsured; victim covered by two uninsured policies and one combined uninsured/underinsured policy; summary judgment in favor of insurance carrier; carrier not obligated to pay beyond combined limit of policy; carrier not entitled to a credit against its uninsured policy for payment from tortfeasor's liability coverage; bad faith refusal to settle and unfair trade practices

, Court of Appeals , COA21-492 (Judge Richard Dietz) , Unpublished
Pittman v. Wilkins

declaratory judgment, letters of administration, clerk of superior court, will, administration of an estate

, Court of Appeals , COA21-406 (Judge Darren Jackson) , Unpublished
Racine v. City of Raleigh

public duty doctrine barred plaintiff's claims for wrongful death and negligent hiring and retention against municipality

, Court of Appeals , COA21-320 (Judge Lucy Inman) , Unpublished
Simmons v. Wiles

motion for relief from judgment; Rules 60(b)(4) and 60(b)(6); consent order to dismiss without prejudice not void; Rule 41(a); no procedural blunder by counsel; trial court did not abuse its discretion

, Court of Appeals , COA21-746 (Judge Fred Gore) , Unpublished
Singleton v. McNabb

Interlocutory appeal; and Insufficient Statement of the Grounds for Appellate Review

, Court of Appeals , COA21-502 (Judge Richard Dietz) , Unpublished
State v. Askew

robbery, jury instructions, plain error, property

, Court of Appeals , COA21-389 (Judge Tobias Hampson) , Unpublished
State v. Barstow

Motion to Suppress, Traffic Stop, DWI, Reasonable Suspicion, IAC

, Court of Appeals , COA21-404 (Judge Lucy Inman) , Published
State v. Collins

felonious possession of stolen goods and felony eluding arrest with a motor vehicle; trial court reserved ruling on motion to dismiss and allowed State to recall witness; no judicial partiality; no impropriety in prosecutor's closing argument

, Court of Appeals , COA21-575 (Judge Tobias Hampson) , Unpublished
State v. Dotson

Probation Revocation; New Criminal Offense, Clerical Error

, Court of Appeals , COA21-473 (Judge Valerie Zachary) , Published
State v. Fritsche

sex-offender registration; N.C. Gen. Stat. 14-208.12A(a); equal protection; residency; termination petition

, Court of Appeals , COA21-645 (Judge Jefferson Griffin) , Unpublished
State v. Giles

Subject matter jurisdiction, motion to set aside bond forfeiture, conviction, deferred prosecution, probation.

, Court of Appeals , COA21-190 (Judge April Wood) , Unpublished
State v. Hahn

Lawful arrest; warrantless arrest; objective probable cause; resisting arrest; assault on a government official; malicious conduct by a prisoner; line of demarcation; motion to dismiss.

, Court of Appeals , COA21-308 (Judge Darren Jackson) , Unpublished
State v. Maldonado

trial court's findings and conclusions were sufficient to support the order denying defendant's motion to suppress and probable cause supported search and search incident to arrest

, Court of Appeals , COA21-449 (Judge Fred Gore) , Unpublished
State v. Williams

Motion for appropriate relief; NCGS 15A-1419; Issues were raised or had the opportunity to be raised on previous appeal

, Court of Appeals , COA20-108 (Judge Jefferson Griffin) , Published
State v. Wilson

Felony murder; unpreserved juror challenge; motion to suppress custodial, noncustodial statements; jury instruction on lesser-included offense, second-degree murder; superior court transfer hearing.

, Supreme Court , 26A21 (Justice Paul Newby) , Published
Blue v. Bhiro

Whether the trial court considered matters outside the pleading and thus converted a Rule 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss to a Rule 56 motion for summary judgment.

, Supreme Court , 141PA20 (Justice Michael Morgan) , Published
Cherry Cmty. Org. v. Sellars

Whether, under common law agency tenets, a principal in a joint real estate development venture is imputed with the knowledge of a co-principal's intent to defraud creditors by way of an insider conveyance of real estate property that is the subject of a lawsuit filed by the co-principal's creditor.

, Supreme Court , 465A20 (Justice Robin Hudson) , Published
Cunningham v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.

Whether the Court of Appeals erred in applying a de novo standard of review in reviewing findings of the Industrial Commission under the timely-filing requirement of N.C.G.S. 97-24 and reversing the Commission's dismissal of plaintiff's claim on that basis.