North Carolina Supreme Court

Parties must move for a directed verdict to preserve their right to request judgment notwithstanding the verdict (JNOV*) after an unfavorable verdict is returned.  Friday’s batch of Supreme Court opinions

Continue Reading Masterclass: North Carolina Supreme Court Explains Error Preservation in the Directed Verdict and JNOV Context.

In appeals, the general rule is that litigants cannot appeal an interlocutory order until a final judgment is entered.  But in North Carolina, a major statutory exception to the general

Continue Reading “So, What’s Going on Here?” North Carolina Supreme Court Clarifies Level of Detail Required to Demonstrate Right to Interlocutory Appeal Under the Substantial Right Doctrine

The Supreme Court’s Technology Department has done it again. Quietly adding even more features to the appellate courts’ electronic filings site, www.ncappellatecourts.org

The filing site has long allowed attorneys

Continue Reading Christmas in September: New Features Added to North Carolina’s Appellate Filing Website

The North Carolina Supreme Court today agreed to review a Court of Appeals decision limiting the immunity enjoyed by healthcare professionals under a Covid-era statute.

In May 2020, the pandemic

Continue Reading Petition Alert: NC Supreme Court to Examine Scope of Immunity for Covid-Era Healthcare

I wrote a few days ago about some practitioners experiencing problems with overzealous spam filters catching important notices from our appellate courts. To be clear, this is a user-side issue

Continue Reading Helpful Changes to NC Appellate E-filing Site: “Upcoming Oral Arguments” Banner

Trigger warning:  this post may cause appellate lawyers to have nightmares.

There has been a spate of technical glitches on the user side lately that caused critical notices from the

Continue Reading Users’ Spam Filters Are Blocking Some Calendar Notices from North Carolina’s Appellate Courts