custody modification, visitation

contract; contract interpretation

Vicarious liability, independent contractor, negligent retention, actual and constructive notice, summary judgment

Governmental injury; waiver-insurance; ambiguous terms; summary judgment; general liability policy

Liability insurance; Duty to Defend; Proximate Cause; Bodily Injury

Restrictive Covenant; Negative Covenant; Affirmative Covenant; Real Property; Deeds; Ambiguity

Facial constitutional challenge to 2016 law making Cabinet appointees subject to the advice and consent of the North Carolina Senate.

Medical malpractice action; whether the trial court erred in allowing plaintiff's Rule 59 motion to amend judgment, thus setting aside a jury verdict on damages; whether a new trial should be granted on the sole issue of damages; whether the trial court erred in directing a verdict against defendants on the issue of contributory negligence; trial court's award of costs against defendants for certain expert witness fees.

Whether a local board of county commissioners may be held legally responsible for providing a sound basic education for students in the county; appeal from trial court's grant of defendant's Rule 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss.

Whether the trial court erred in denying defendant's motion to suppress his confession; whether the Court of Appeals erred in holding that defendant's confession was involuntary and should have been suppressed; whether the error was prejudicial.

Whether subdivision (a)(1) of N.C.G.S. 14-399, which generally prohibits littering, is an essential element of, or creates an exception to, that offense; whether an indictment that did not refer to the language in subdivision (a)(1) was fatally defective.

Whether the trial court erred in denying defendant's motion to suppress evidence of a handgun seized from him at the scene of an ongoing police search for narcotics; whether the trial court's findings of fact were sufficient to support its conclusion of law that a Terry frisk of defendant was justified under the circumstances.

Choice of Law; Breach of Contract.

Location of boundary line- issue of fact; right to jury trial; interlocutory appeal- substantial right; Rule 60 motion for reconsideration; lack of notice; motion in limine; surveyor's opinion, survey standards

Summary Judgment, Burden of Production, Rule 56(c), Rule 56(e)

Deed of trust, construction and interpretation, question of law, property description, reformation

standing; rezoning ordinance

Tort Claims Act; Industrial Commission jurisdiction; Default Judgment

Tort Claims Act; Industrial Commission Jurisdiction; Default Judgment

Tort Claims Act; Interlocutory Appeal