Intent to kill; assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury

Preservation, 404(b) evidence

Kidnapping; sufficiency of the evidence and jury instructions; amount of civil restitution order must be supported by the record.

Arising out of and in the course of employment; work-related activity; negligence theory

Dismissal Pursuant to Rules 12(b)(1), (4), and (6) of the North Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure, Motion to continue, Fraud, Constructive Fraud, Breach of Fiduciary Duty, Statutes of Limitations, Discovery Rule for Fraud-based Actions

Rule 12(b)(6) of the North Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure, Defamation pro se, Failure to plead defamation claim with sufficient particularly

Good cause to set aside default judgment; summary judgment; failure to timely answer counterclaim.

Review of recommendation for censure.

Whether the trial court erred in excluding defense expert testimony challenging the credibility of two girls who alleged defendant sexually abused them many years earlier; application of Rules of Evidence 702 and 403 and State v. Robertson.

Following nonjudicial foreclosure by power of sale, whether defendants' affidavit giving their personal opinion on the true value of the foreclosed property was sufficient, standing alone, to establish a genuine issue of material fact, making summary judgment for the Bank inappropriate.

Workers' Compensation, Hernia Injuries, Partial Disability, Parsons Presumption, Limitation Period on Claims for Additional Medical Compensation, Seagraves Test, Claimant's Failure to Prove Disability

Undue Influence; Duress; Affidavit of Correction

Town Employee Personnel Files; Writ of Mandamus; Due Process

Workers' Compensation; Competent Evidence Standard; Occupational Disease

motion to dismiss; personal jurisdiction; minimum contacts; due process

Career state employee; just cause; unsatisfactory job performance; N.C.G.S. section 1A-1, rule 41(a)(1)

Willful refusal of chemical analysis related to drivers license revocation