N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-270.1; Psychology Practice Act; arbitrary and capricious; administrative sanctions

Constructive eviction; covenant of quiet enjoyment; lost profits damages; JNOV; required notice; failure to repair.

Tort Claims Act; Negligence; Proximate Cause

civil contempt, present ability to pay; purge payments

Real Property; Riparian Rights; Easements; Chain of Title

Equitable distribution; miscalculation of distributive award based on mathematical error; issue abandonment; failure to file cross-appeal

compromise verdict; damages; employment contract; learned profession exception

Involuntary commitment; N.C. Gen. Stat. § 122C-261; N.C. Gen. Stat. § 122C-3(11); due process

Adjudication of Neglect

Termination of Parental Rights; no merit brief; N.C. Rules of Appellate Procedure

failure to comply with mandate order; motion for attorney's fees; punitive damages; N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1D-45

Industrial Commission; workers compensation; privacy

Obtaining property by false pretenses; fatal variance in indictment; variance must be material; attorney's fees; civil judgment.

First-degree murder; Indictment; Sufficiency

jury selection, Batson motion, peremptory challenges; jury instruction

Post-conviction DNA Testing; N.C.G.S. Sec. 158-269; Anders Review

Preservation of Error; Appellate Rule 10; Timely Objection

Sex Offenses; Statutory Rape; Second Degree Kidnapping; Indictment; Jury Instruction; Sentencing

no error; motion to sever; trial court did not abuse its discretion by denying defendant's motion for severance or dismissing a juror; trial court committed harmless error by omitting requested jury instruction; defendant received a fair trial, free from prejudicial error