Workers' Compensation; when the Industrial Commission does not preapprove attendant care, whether the lack of such preapproval bars an employee from being reimbursed for retroactive attendant care services

Appeal from defendant's conviction for possession of a firearm by a felon; whether the State presented sufficient evidence to corroborate defendant's confession.

On remand: motion to suppress; whether an initial stop by a police officer for a vehicle equipment violation had become consensual when defendant consented to a search of his vehicle

Appeal from defendant's convictions for first-degree kidnapping, second-degree rape, and second-degree sexual offense; whether the State proved that the victim was physically helpless, as required under N.C.G.S. ?? 14-27.3(a)(2) and 14-27.5(a)(2)

Products liability action; whether an appellate court has jurisdiction to hear an interlocutory appeal from a trial court's denial of a motion to dismiss based on a statute of repose; determination of which statute of repose applies to the instant action

Coastal Area Management Act; Setback requirements; Contested Case Hearing; Coastal Resource Commission; Interpretation of Setback Rules

medical causation; workers' compensation

Suit for Legal Fees; Interest on Open Account; Sufficiency of Notice

Civil Procedure; Pleadings; Rule 12(b)(6); Rule 15(a)