medical malpractice; object left in body during surgery; summary judgment was proper on claims for actual and constructive fraud because there was no evidence of deceptive intent or fiduciary relationship between physician and patient; res ipsa loquitor did not apply because elements of both standard of care and breach required expert testimony; summary judgment on medical malpractice claim was proper because four-year rather than ten-year statute of limitations applied because evidence was uncontroverted that object left in body was intended to be left in body permanently for purpose of medical treatment; punitive damages claim failed where all other claims did not withstand summary judgment

trial court did not abuse its discretion in disqualifying counsel based on violation of Rule 4.2 of Rules of Professional conduct; trial court had subject matter jurisdiction over counterclaim for unpaid legal fees despite absence of a notification regarding state bar's fee dispute resolution program; trial court did not err or abuse its discretion by excluding certain evidence of billing practices

Summary ejectment; summary judgment; month-to-month tenancy

Service of process; notice; due diligence; real property; good faith purchaser; tax lien; tax collector; right of redemption; redemption; disability; email; petition for writ of certiorari; default judgment; confirmation of sale; upset bids; foreclosure; commissioner's deed; N.C. Gen. Stat. § 105-361; restitution

Summary judgment; motion to consolidate; expert opinion of valuation; NCGS 47C-117(b); NCGS 47C-1-107; NCGS 1A-1, Rule 42(a); NCGS 136-108.

Personal jurisdiction; specific jurisdiction; sufficiency of contacts; purposeful availment

Personal jurisdiction; sufficiency of contacts; purposeful availment; mandate rule

Summary ejectment; waiver; landlord and tenant.

Child abuse, neglect, and dependency; Subject matter jurisdiction; Juvenile petitions.

Adjudication Order; Controlled Substance; Sufficiency of the Evidence

abuse, neglect, and dependency; trial court's adjudication of neglect was based on more than prior adjudications of abuse and neglect of sibling

Personal jurisdiction; Rule 12(b)(2) dismissal; standard of review

Rule 12(b)(6); Motion to Dismiss; Fair Debt Collection Practices Act; North Carolina Debt Collection Act

Industrial Commission; Workers' Compensation Act; legal standard for determining compensability of injury; attendant care benefits; Workers' Compensation Rule 614; discovery sanctions.

Sua sponte; Rule 60(b)(1); Parenting Coordinator; Writ of Certiorari; de novo; N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50-99, N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50-92.

Rule 3, Rule 9, notice of appeal

Motion to suppress; Fourth Amendment; consent; apparent control

trial court did not err in concluding defendant failed to make prima facie Batson challenge; no abuse of discretion by refusal to strike prospective jurors and give curative instruction; no error in overruling relevancy objection to expert's testimony or excluding portion of expert's report

first-degree murder; voluntary intoxication; admission of real evidence

habitual larceny; essential elements; N.C. Gen. Stat. 14.72; N.C. R. App. P. 4