Industrial Commission; competent evidence to support findings; need for expert testimony; maximal medical improvement, permanent partial impairment rating

Breach of Contract;
Motion to Compel;
Duty to Defend;
Supplemental Damage Claim;
Summary Judgment;
Prevailing Party;
Attorney’s Fees;
Required Findings;
Nominal Damages;

Rule 12(b)(6); light most favorable; treated as true; complaint; pleadings; on its face; law; fact; necessarily defeats; negligent hiring, retention, and supervision; employer; employee; independent contractor; relationship; unfair and deceptive trade practices; intentional infliction of emotional distress; IIED

12(b)(6) motion; declaratory judgment; N.C.G.S. § 31-5.5; N.C.G.S. § 29-19(b)(3); IVF.

industrial commission; workers compensation; trial court; spine; injury; shoulder; doctor

Subrogation lien; subcontractor; lien waivers; summary judgment

arbitration; judicial determination; substantial right; existence of an arbitration agreement; type of claims at issue do not fall within the scope of the parties' agreement.

Waiver of right to challenge venue

summary judgment; trial court; easement; void; vagueness; scope; patent; latent; ambiguous.

Workers' compensation; compromise settlement; compensable injury

child custody; intervenors; motion to stay; motion to dismiss; Rule 25(a); findings of fact.

insufficient findings of fact; negligence; erroneous standard of care applied

interlocutory appeal; direct condemnation; N.C.G.S. § 136-108; inverse condemnation; N.C.G.S. § 136-111; Map Act restrictions; encumbrance; issue of title; damages

equitable distribution; appraisal; contempt order; required findings; competent evidence; findings of fact; conclusions of law

board of adjustment; notice of violation; agency decision; procedural due process rights; N.C.G.S. § 160D-404(a); quasi-judicial hearing; no abuse of discretion

findings of fact, best interest of the child, child custody

permanent child custody order; parental fitness; best interests of the children for granting primary custody

summary judgment; breach of contract; libel; mental and emotional distress damages; punitive damages; student-athletes; athletic scholarships; Rule 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss