North Carolina Lawyers Weekly

Although respondent now contends the trial court lacked subject matter jurisdiction to order her involuntary commitment because Dr. Richard Benson’s petition lacked sufficient facts to show reasonable grounds for involuntary commitment, she did not challenge the sufficiency of the petition ...

  When no one answered a police detective’s knock at defendant’s front door, his partner’s actions in moving to the rear door, moving around the yard and looking into the house’s crawl space constituted an improper warrantless search under the ...

  Although the arresting officer had seen defendant drinking a beer an hour and a half to two hours before he saw her again, this time buying another beer and getting back behind the wheel, since defendant did not violate ...

Where (1) a California court issued an order determining custody of the parties’ child; (2) California has not determined that it no longer has exclusive, continuing jurisdiction; and (3) the respondent-mother resides in California, our trial court lacked subject matter ...

  G.S. § 126-34.02, as amended in 2013, authorizes the Office of Administrative Hearings to award attorneys’ fees to an employee where reinstatement or back pay is ordered. This authority includes the power to award attorneys’ fees incurred at the ...

  When cancelling a new homeowners’ insurance policy – a cancellation that can be done for any reason within 60 days of the policy’s issuance – an insurer must “furnish” notice to the homeowners. Construing this term for the first ...

Although plaintiff offers a game of chance that gives patrons the opportunity to win something of value, there is a question as to whether patrons are required to pay consideration to play plaintiff’s machines. The trial court’s grant of summary ...

We affirm the Court of Appeals’ decision. (Where the state’s evidence showed that (1) defendant admitted he built the tool compartments in his work truck, (2) a kilogram of cocaine – wrapped in plastic and oil to evade detection by ...

Since plaintiffs allege that defendants’ unfair trade practices are reducing the chiropractic services patients receive, the conduct alleged is sufficiently related to patient care to fall within the rendering of professional services. Accordingly, plaintiffs’ claim is barred by the learned ...

Where (1) today’s opinion in Sykes v. Health Network Solutions, Inc. (Lawyers Weekly No. 010-021-19) (Sykes I), and this action involve claims requesting a declaratory judgment, alleging antitrust violations, asserting unfair trade practices, alleging civil conspiracy, alleging a breach of ...