Whether the Court of Appeals properly affirmed the denial of defendant's motion for appropriate relief.

Whether the trial court abused its discretion by certifying a class.

Whether plaintiffs knew or reasonably should have known of their injuries and defendant's alleged fraud such that the statute of limitations was not tolled and plaintiffs' claims are time barred.

Whether the Court of Appeals erred by reversing an entry of summary judgment in favor of defendant on plaintiff's claims of common law negligence, negligence per se, violation of the North Carolina Residential Rental Agreements Act, and breach of the implied warranty of habitability.

Whether the Court of Appeals erred in holding that defendant's compulsory counterclaim for injuries sustained in an automobile accident was barred by the statute of limitations established in N.C.G.S. 1-52(16).

Whether a plaintiff may pursue a direct constitutional claim under the North Carolina Constitution against state actors for monetary damages in response to a violation of his right to a speedy trial.

summary judgment; service by publication; due diligence

Rule 11; award; attorney's fees; separation; mediation; frivolous claim; divorce; summary judgment.

ultra vires; occupancy taxes; judgment; discretion; summary judgment; general public services; statutory construction; legislative intent; plain meaning; declaratory judgment.

administrative law; standards of review; findings of fact; administrative procedures act; information technology contracts

N.C. R. Civ. P. 59; N.C. R. Civ. P. 60; Motion to amend judgment; Motion to conform judgment; N.C. R. App. P. 10(a)(1)–(2); tortious interference with inheritance.

summary judgment; certificate of need; N.C.G.S. § 131E-185(a1)(2); public hearing requirement; COVID-19 pandemic; public policy concerns; N.C.G.S. § 150B-23(a); contested case hearing; agency error; substantial prejudice; discrete requirements; no automatic prejudice

child support, statutory interpretation, collateral estoppel, primary liability, secondary liability, in loco parentis

child support, alimony, recusal, Rule 63

termination of parental rights; N.C. Gen. Stat. 7B-1111(a)(7); willful abandonment

notary, expiration, judicial notice

termination of parental rights, willful failure to make reasonable progress, findings of fact

termination of parental rights, incarceration, reasonable progress

termination of parental rights, residing in the home, motion for recusal

Rule 803(4); Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination; N.C.G.S. § 7B-1111(a)(1)