RALEIGH — A North Carolina appeals court says it would be “unconscionable” for a woman to be evicted from public housing in Goldsboro because a babysitting friend was caught in possession of marijuana. The state Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that North Carolina tenant law allows ...

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A group of condominium owners in western North Carolina will be able to sue the companies that built and developed their condos after the N.C. Court of Appeals overturned a Superior Court ruling dismissing the suit on procedural grounds. The ...

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CHARLOTTE – On their fourth try, about 150 Myers Park homeowners living near Queens University last week won a court victory in their fight against the city of Charlotte over two new buildings that opened on the private school’s campus ...

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RALEIGH – Willful and wanton negligence will be considered in an N.C. Supreme Court appeal that could affect the pocketbooks of homebuilders, construction product manufacturers and homebuyers – and the warranties that bind them. When lawyers in Christie v. Hartley ...

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RALEIGH — The North Carolina Court of Appeals is being asked to decide whether the deal that made Charlotte-based Duke Energy Corp. the country’s largest electric company should be revised to do more for consumers. The court will hear arguments Wednesday challenging the ...

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A recent, and murky, N.C. Court of Appeals decision that appears to limit 10-year construction warranties to six years has been invoked by a homebuilder’s attorney, who nonetheless has said his client will make the necessary repairs. The key to this little paradox involving a seven-year-old house in Monroe is, apparently, understanding the difference between two legal phrases.

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Just a day after the doors of a new sports center opened to students at Queens University of Charlotte, a state appeals court affirmed a zoning decision that allowed the center and another nearby structure to be built.

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Under state law, every new house built and sold in N.C. comes with an implied warranty that the home is free from major structural defects when it was sold, but the builder can expressly warrant the house for more, and for longer, often up to 10 years. But a decision by an N.C. court comes with no warranty that it will ever be enforced ─ or even understandable ─ or for how long.

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Homebuilders will likely not be affected by an N.C. Court of Appeals decision handed down this week that appears to limit all construction warranties to six years, even when the builder expressly provides a longer one, according to the top lawyer for the N.C. Home Builders Association.

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