Appellate jurisdiction defects; Untimely appeal; Rule 59(e) inapplicable to pre-trial orders; Stand-alone Rule 54(b) certifications not permitted; Inadequate statement of grounds for appellate review; Certiorari; Public official immunity; Sufficient evidence of malice to survive summary judgment

Rule 12(b)(6)motion to dismiss; Defamation; Respondeat superior; Ratification

Permanency Planning: Due Process Clause and parental rights, NCGS s.s. 7B-905.1, 906.1, 906.2, Visitation orders

Child custody - termination of parental rights under N.C.G.S. 7B-1111(a)

child support; child custody; Rule 11 sanctions; Rule 59 motions

void ab initio; county director of elections; failure to exhaust administrative and judicial review; N.C.G.S. 163-22(l)

average weekly wages; indefinite employment end date; results fair and just

N.C.G.S. 15A-1242; proof of service; notice of appeal

Bail bond forfeiture; undocumented immigrant held on federal immigration charges after posting bond; statutory precondition of release from State custody in order to forfeit bail bond

satellite-based monitoring; State v. Grady; remand for additional findings of fact

special jury instruction; burden of proof; statutory exception

Motion to Dismiss, Domestic Violence Protective Order, Jury Instructions, Plain Error

Motion to Dismiss, Jury Instructions, Plain Error, Sentencing

Rule 12 motion to dismiss; N.C. Gen. Stat. Chapter 39A; transfer fee covenant; equitable relief

Industrial Commission; negligent interference with a contract; failure to state a claim

Whether plaintiff's proffered expert qualifies under Rule 702(b) to offer standard of care testimony; whether the trial court erred in awarding summary judgment to defendant for lack of evidence of proximate cause.

Defamation; First Amendment; was the jury's finding of actual malice supported by sufficient evidence; did the trial court err by instructing the jury on the issue of falsity; did the trial court err by failing to instruct the jury that it must find one of the statutory aggravating factors under N.C.G.S. 1D-15 in order to award punitive damages.

Whether the trial court abused its discretion by determining that plaintiff corporation's communications involving the purported agent of plaintiff's one-hundred percent shareholder are not privileged; whether the trial court abused its discretion by conducting a limited in camera review of documents to determine an issue of privilege.

Whether an affidavit submitted by an out-of-state party under N.C.G.S. 52C-3-315(b) must be notarized, or whether it simply may be sworn to under penalty of perjury.