Volume 266 — North Carolina Court of Appeals Reports

Summary judgment, gambling, video machines, chance versus skill, subterfuge

insurance policy cancellations statutory interpretation

attorneys' fees statutory authority

Termination of parental rights jurisdiction UCCJEA Parental Kidnapping Prevention Act.

Discrimination on the basis of sex burden-shifting framework veteran's preference

Breach of contract Session Law 2013-186 Termination of contract with State Contract Clause Takings Clause Bill of Attainder Implied covenant of quiet enjoyment Failure to obtain proper service does not toll statute of limitations after voluntary dismissal.

interlocutory appeal substantial right res judicata

summary judgment conducted at bench trial, motion to dismiss

Tracking dog purebred hound admissibility of evidence McLeod factors reliability.

Traffic stop Search and seizure Motion to suppress

motion to suppress possession with intent to sell or deliver marijuana knock and talk 4th Amendment

assault assault with deadly weapon jury instruction plain error pattern jury instruction bodily injury offensive conduct death serious bodily injury reasonable belief self-defense

Automobile negligence medical liens fair medical billing statute effect of failing to bill patient's health insurer on recovery of medical charges through patient's tort judgment

statutory authority municipal sewer service availability fees undeveloped property

Fraud mistake Rule 41(b) dismissal

Town Ordinance negligence per se premises liability

Specific intent jury instruction premeditation and deliberation jury instruction trial court intervention ex mero motu

Motion to withdraw Criminal Plea Manifest Injustice

Tolling the statute of limitations

Statute of Limitations Sealed Instrument Reformation of Deed

pleading tortious interference with prospective economic advantage Rule 12(b)(6) ultrahazardous activity misrepresentation Noerr-Pennington immunity Noerr-Pennington doctrine First Amendment petitioning government bodies

Interlocutory appeal Appeal of superior court's remand to a municipal board for further proceedings is interlocutory and no substantial right affected Special-use permit.

ICWA, Subject Matter Jurisdiction, Full Faith and Credit, Tribal Courts

discovery sanctions right to notice

Weapons of mass death and destruction, exception to NCGS 14-288.8(c) Ejusdem Generis Rule of Lenity motion to dismiss.

EIRA Eyewitness Testimony, Unavailable Expert Witness.

Prior-record-level calculationsStipulations to the classification of a defendant's prior conviction State v. Arrington, 371 N.C. 518, 819 S.E.2d 329 (2018).

Subject-matter jurisdiction to revoke probation N.C. Gen. Stat. Section 15A-1346 Procedures for imposing direct criminal contempt.

N.C.R. Civ. P. 60(a) Correction of misnomer in plaintiff's name Laches,Judicial estoppel

Termination of parental rights neglect, NCGS 7B-1111(a)(1) probability of future neglect reasonable progress, NCGS 7B-1111(a)(2)

Attorney discipline standard of review inherent authority of the court, NCGS 5A-15(a) representations to the court conduct calling the court into disrepute.

power of sale foreclosure anti-deficiency statutes right to foreclose under the instrument enjoining mortgage sale on equitable grounds

motion to withdraw plea motion for appropriate relief no manifest injustice

Sex offender registration, N.C. Gen. Stat. 14-27.7, N.C. Gen. Stat. 14-208/7, definition of business day, insufficient evidence of willful failure to return an address verification form

robbery with a dangerous weapon, lesser included offense, common law robbery

enforceability of non-compete agreement North Carolina Trade Secrets Protection Act

Negligence Gross negligence Interlocutory appeal affecting substantial right due to the possibility of inconsistent verdicts Motion to dismiss based on N.C.R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6) N.C. Gen. Stat. Section 99E-21 et seq. (Hazardous Recreational Activities Act).