Workers' compensation; challenged findings of fact; N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-2(6); compensable injury

motion to compel, arbitration, logistics, agreement, contract, solicitation, international, business, employee, signatory, nonsignatory, equitable estoppel, motion to dismiss

permanency planning order; Rule 17 Guardian ad litem

trial court's findings of fact were supported by clear and convincing evidence; trial court's findings of fact supported adjudication of neglect; relevancy of evidence of prior abuse of another juvenile; no-merit brief pursuant to N.C. R. App. P. 3.1(e).

Dependency; N.C. Gen. Stat. Section 7B-101(9)

juvenile delinquency; sufficiency of verdict; possession of a firearm with an altered serial number; interdisciplinary evaluation

Juvenile abuse and neglect; permanency planning; cessation of reunification efforts; guardianship award; visitation order

delinquency; adjudication and disposition; limitation on cross-examination; in camera review; improper closing statement; cumulative error

Equitable distribution; valuation of marital property; oral stipulations.

Administrative Procedure Act; Petitions for Judicial Review; Contested Cases; Licensing Discipline

Possession of a firearm by a felon; motion to dismiss; insufficient evidence; constructive possession; knowledge

Medical malpractice; administrative negligence claims; exclusion of expert testimony from hospital administrator under Rule 702; record insufficient for meaningful appellate review; exclusion of evidence under Rule 403

failure to instruct on lesser-included offense of possession of methamphetamine to charge of trafficking in methamphetamine by possession did not constitute plain error; remand for correction of clerical error in judgment was required where judgment listed incorrect offense

Opportunity to be heard, attorney?s fees, civil judgments

relevancy; voluntary statements; N.C.R. Evid. 404(b); domestic violence; N.C. Gen. Stat. 14-32(b)

Improper remarks, ex mero motu, prosecutorial misconduct

Defendant convicted of assault on a child under 12 years old and felonious child abuse; fatal defect in arrest warrant; no subject matter jurisdiction; vacate in part; admissibility of portions of jail phone recordings; North Carolina Rule of Evidence 403; hearsay; flight risk; bad character; implied admission; no error in part

first-degree murder, threat, perfect self-defense, imperfect self-defense, defense of others, jury instructions, victim, force, involuntary manslaughter, second-degree murder, aggressor

Appeal from civil judgment for court-appointed attorneys' fees; requirement of notice and opportunity to be heard; conflicting order for waiver of fees; unable to determine whether trial court made clerical error

speeding to elude arrest; sufficiency of the evidence; trial court's failure to recognize and exercise its discretion at sentencing; concurrent v. consecutive sentences