Whether the Court of Appeals erred in holding that defendant, a negligent truck driver, had adequate time and means to avoid injuring plaintiff, a contributorily negligent pedestrian.

Whether defendants had a right of immediate appellate review of the trial court's interlocutory order denying defendants' motions to dismiss based on a claim of statutory immunity under the Emergency or Disaster Treatment Protection Act.

Whether the Court of Appeals erred in affirming the trial court's order granting defendants' motion for summary judgment based on lack of proximate cause.

Whether the Business Court erred in dismissing a claim for judicial dissolution under N.C.G.S. 55-14-30(2)(ii) for lack of standing when the plaintiff-shareholder held the contractual right to exercise a put option and sell their shares back to the company at fair market value.

Whether courts interpreting state rules and regulations must defer to the legal interpretation of the state agency responsible for promulgating those rules and regulations.

Whether the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality, Division of Water Resources, unlawfully incorporated certain conditions into general permits for animal waste management systems without satisfying the rulemaking requirements of the Administrative Procedure Act.

Whether the Court of Appeals erred in affirming an administrative law judge's determination that a certificate of need award was improper.

Whether reliance is reasonable in a claim for fraud in the inducement when the complaining party failed to conduct any material due diligence on the representations and warranties upon which the fraud claim is based.

Whether N.C.G.S. 132-1.4A provides the exclusive procedure by which a criminal defendant in district court may request release of law enforcement agency recordings covered by the statute.

Whether the Court of Appeals properly concluded the trial court prejudicially erred when it excluded a handwritten note written by the complaining witness.

Whether probable cause supported a warrant to search defendant's vehicle.

Whether the trial court properly denied defendant's motion to suppress cell-site location information.

Whether the Court of Appeals erred in concluding step one of the Batson inquiry was moot.

Petition for Judicial Review; State Board of Elections; Fruits of Labor

Defamation; JNOV; Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress

child custody; N.C.G.S. § 50-13.2; sufficiency of evidence; findings of fact.

Power of Attorney, statute of limitations, conveyance of real property

Termination of parental rights; IAC.

neglect, past neglect, likelihood of future neglect, quasi findings of fact

Parent willfully left juvenile in placement outside the home for more than 12 months; termination of parental rights; parent failed to make reasonable progress in correcting conditions which led to juvenile's removal; substance abuse