North Carolina Lawyers Weekly

  In this case, (1) the respondent-father expressed a desire that his daughter, “Alexis,” live with her paternal grandmother, (2) the grandmother testified that she was willing and able to care for Alexis, and (3) there was evidence of the ...

  Despite the expertise of the defendant-nurse anesthetist, Byrd v. Marion Gen. Hosp., 202 N.C. 337, 162 S.E. 738 (1932), requires this court to rule that a nurse cannot be held liable for medical malpractice based on his diagnoses and ...

The state’s evidence showed that defendant drove a car belonging to his wife and mother-in-law for 20 to 25 minutes, stopped once, and resumed driving before being pulled over for driving without a license. Upon searching defendant, officers found packages ...

  Where the state presented evidence that, in the elderly victim’s final weeks, defendant (1) bathed the victim or at least helped her bathe from the sink; (2) purchased food and supplies for the victim; (3) assisted the victim in ...

  In agreeing to plead guilty to second-degree murder, defendant stipulated to sentencing at a prior record level III based on his conviction for armed robbery. However, since the armed robbery was a joinable offense to the murder charge, the ...

  When a police informant tried to sell defendant a mixture containing a small amount of methamphetamine, defendant declared the substance was “re-rock” or fake meth and handed the mixture to his companion to inspect. At that moment, a deputy ...

Tour guides in Charleston, South Carolina, are no longer required to pass a written examination, acquire a valid business license that must be renewed annually and pay fees before they can provide tours. The ordinance was struck down on First ...

Where a direct action brought by the company was resolved in a broad release, and there was no evidence of collusion or bad faith, a derivative action asserting identical or similar claims arising out of the same underlying facts was ...

A condition of supervised release that requires a total ban on defendant’s viewing of any materials that sexually arouse him, including mainstream media like movies or advertisements, did not run afoul of 18 U.S.C. § 3583(d) because it was meant ...

A pro se prisoner’s claim that his rights were violated was supported by the failure of prison officials to explain the need to check his mail for contraband outside of his presence. Because the infringement of his First Amendment rights ...