defense of others; jury instruction; disqualifying felony; causal nexus; prejudicial error; motion to dismiss for insufficiency of the evidence.

ordinance, zoning, board of adjustment, vested rights

standing; zoning; action for declaratory judgment; trial court did not err in dismissing complaint for lack of standing where adjacent landowner only supported his allegations of standing with owner's opinion evidence of diminution in value and allegations did not allege how his property was affected by rezoning distinct from the community

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.

Subject Matter Jurisdiction, State Health Plan, Denial of Coverage, External Review Organization, Appeal to Industrial Commission, Sovereign Immunity

motor vehicle lien; legal possessor; N.C.G.S. 44A

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.

trusts and estates; North Carolina Uniform Trust Code; trial court did not err in dismissing claims for breach of fiduciary duty, constructive fraud, and civil conspiracy against trustees as individuals because breach of fiduciary duty claim stated time-barred claim challenging the validity of trust, claim for breach of trust against defendants as trustees did not state individual capacity claim, complaint failed to allege special circumstances creating fiduciary relationship as a matter of fact between beneficiary and trustees, and claim for civil conspiracy against trustees as individuals did not state an independent basis of liability; claims for breach of trust against trustees and claims for constructive fraud and civil conspiracy against trustees in their capacity as trustees were legally sufficient and trial court erred in dismissing them

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)

Attorney discipline; trial court's inherent authority; judicial recusal; suspension as a disciplinary sanction; affirmed.

fact finding, termination of parental rights, trial court, termination, juvenile, trial court's finding, parental rights, willfully, conclusions of law, custody agreement