Negligent infliction of emotional distress; Intentional infliction of emotional distress; Discovery sanctions; Summary judgment; Forecast of evidence of emotional distress

domestic violence protective order; continuous harassment; legitimate purpose; emotional distress

pleading; tortious interference with prospective economic advantage; Rule 12(b)(6); ultrahazardous activity; misrepresentation; Noerr-Pennington immunity; Noerr-Pennington doctrine; First Amendment; petitioning government bodies

Interlocutory appeal; Appeal of superior court's remand to a municipal board for further proceedings is interlocutory and no substantial right affected; Special-use permit.

solar farms; quasi-judicial proceeding; conditional use permit; commissioner bias- recusal; failure to rebut prima facie case; standing to appeal.

summary judgment; deed of trust; satisfaction; conveyance; foreclosure; bonafide purchaser for value; premature summary judgment; relevant evidence; mortgagee; mortgagor

Worker's Compensation; Compensable Injury; Medical Expert; Findings of Fact.

standing; grandparents; unfit; ?intact family rule?

Dependency and Neglect; Consent Adjudication Order

parental rights; termination; dependency; incarceration; foreseeability

Termination of parental rights, no-merit brief

ICWA, Subject Matter Jurisdiction, Full Faith and Credit, Tribal Courts

Termination of parental rights; neglect; Lack of reasonable progress; failure to support; petition for writ of certiorari, Appellate Rule 21; No-merit brief, Appellate Rule 3.1(e).

domestic violence; admissibility of testimony supporting allegations of domestic violence not pleaded in the complaint; temporary child custody order; mootness

permanency planning; abused and neglected juveniles

discovery sanctions; right to notice

Parental rights; permanent custody; conditional judgment; grandparent visitation; findings of fact.

Uniform Deployed Parents Custody and Visitation Act; limited contact; prior judicial orders

Public nuisance, NCGS 19-2.1; NCGS 160A-12; Rule 12(b)(6)motion to dismiss; subject matter jurisdiction; Abandonment of issue on appeal, Appellate Rule 28(a).