Case Title: Gerling America Insurance Co. v. Mass. Electric Construction Co.

Citation: 

Docket Number: 678, 2010

State: delaware

Court: Delaware Supreme Court

Date: 2010-11-05T00:00:00Z

Document:
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
GERLING AMERICA INSURANCE § 
 
CO.,  
 
 
 
 
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No. 678, 2010 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Defendant Below,  
 
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Court Below—Superior Court  
 
Appellant,  
 
 
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of the State of Delaware in and  
 
 
 
 
 
 
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for New Castle County 
 
v. 
 
 
 
 
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MASS. ELECTRIC 
 
 
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CONSTRUCTION CO.,  
 
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Plaintiff Below, 
 
 
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C.A. No. 09C-01-138 
 
Appellee. 
 
 
 
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Submitted:  November 1, 2010 
Decided:  November 5, 2010 
Before STEELE, Chief Justice, HOLLAND and RIDGELY, Justices. 
O R D E R 
 
This 5th day of November 2010, it appears to the Court that: 
 
(1) 
Defendant/appellant, 
Gerling 
America 
Insurance 
Co. 
(“Gerling”), has petitioned this Court, pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 42, 
to accept an interlocutory appeal from “Ruling Nos. 1 and 2” of the Superior 
Court’s September 28, 2010 memorandum opinion as corrected on October 
28, 2010.  Those rulings granted the plaintiff/appellee’s motion for summary 
judgment on the issue of Gerling’s duty to defend and denied Gerling’s 
motion for summary judgment on the same issue.  By order dated October 
 
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28, 2010, the Superior Court denied Gerling’s application for certification of 
an interlocutory appeal. 
 
(2) 
Applications for interlocutory review are addressed to the 
sound discretion of this Court and are granted only in exceptional 
circumstances.  We have examined the Superior Court’s September 28, 2010 
memorandum opinion (as corrected on October 28, 2010) according to the 
criteria set forth in Supreme Court Rule 42 and have concluded that 
exceptional circumstances as would merit review of the memorandum 
opinion do not exist in this case. 
 
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the 
interlocutory appeal is REFUSED.     
 
 
 
 
 
 
BY THE COURT: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Myron T. Steele 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Chief Justice