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Bald Head Island, transportation provider split on lawsuit’s timeline

The Village of Bald Head Island and the provider of transportation services to and from the mainland are taking contrasting approaches to the timeline for resolving a legal dispute. Competing court filings Thursday at the North Carolina Court of Appeals exposed the divide.

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Appeals Court to decide whether lack of public hearing could kill a CON

The outcome of a legal dispute over a new hospital emergency department in Buncombe County could depend on a state law requiring a public hearing. The state Appeals Court will decide in the months ahead whether the absence of a public hearing jeopardizes the certificate of need for a new Mission Health emergency department in Candler.

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Appeals Court reverses course, favors school systems in COVID-related bus accidents

The state Court of Appeals has reversed its own decisions in two cases involving school buses that caused damage while delivering meals to students during the COVID-19 pandemic. In decisions released Tuesday, Judge Jeff Carpenter explained the new rulings favoring the Charlotte-Mecklenburg and Alexander County school boards.

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Hendersonville hospital seeks to join CON court arguments

A Hendersonville hospital is asking the state Court of Appeals for permission to take part in upcoming arguments over a certificate-of-need dispute. The request follows the court’s recent decision to allow UNC Health to jump into the case.

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UNC Health will take part in Appeals Court review of CON public hearings

Lawyers for UNC Health Care will explain their views about the state certificate-of-need law’s public hearing requirement on Feb. 20 at the state Appeals Court. The court issued an order Thursday giving UNC Health five minutes during oral arguments in the case Fletcher Hospital v. NC Department of Health and Human Services.

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Appeals Court wrestles with rooftop solar dispute

North Carolina’s second-highest court will decide in the months ahead whether the state Utilities Commission made a mistake when it changed the way utility companies credit owners of rooftop solar panels for the energy they produce. A three-judge appellate panel heard an hour of oral arguments on the topic Wednesday morning.

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Court rules Charlotte-Mecklenburg schools must fund police retirement benefits

The state Court of Appeals has ruled that Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools must pay into a state retirement fund for officers working for its campus police agency. The decision Tuesday reversed part of a lower court’s ruling against officers who filed suit against CMS in 2019.

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