Case Title: Mountaire Farms, Inc. v. Pitts

Citation: 

Docket Number: 316, 2001

State: delaware

Court: Delaware Supreme Court

Date: 2001-08-20T00:00:00Z

Document:
1Huffman v. Oliphant, Del. Supr., 432 A.2d 1207 (1981).
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE
MOUNTAIRE FARMS, INC.,
Defendant/Appellant Below-
Appellant,
v.
JESSIE PITTS,
Plaintiff/Appellee Below-
Appellee.
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§  No. 316, 2001
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§  Court Below—Superior Court
§  of the State of Delaware,
§  in and for Kent County
§  C.A. No. 01A-04-003
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Submitted: August 9, 2001
  Decided:   August 20, 2001
Before HOLLAND, BERGER and STEELE, Justices
O R D E R
This 20th day of August, 2001, it appears to the Court that:
(1)
Appellant Mountaire Farms, Inc. has petitioned this Court,
pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 42, to appeal from the Superior Court’s
interlocutory order dated June 8, 2001, which denied Mountaire Farms’
motion to stay enforcement of a Court of Common Pleas judgment.  The
judgment was entered following trial in a case filed by Appellee Jessie Pitts
alleging the late payment of workers’ compensation benefits.1
2Supr. Ct. R. 42(b).
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(2)
On August 2, 2001, the Superior Court refused to certify an
interlocutory appeal to this Court pursuant to Rule 42 because its June 8, 2001
order did not determine a substantial issue or establish a legal right, and
review by this Court was not likely to terminate or substantially reduce further
litigation or otherwise serve considerations of justice.  
(3)
Applications for interlocutory review are addressed to the sound
discretion of this Court and are granted only in exceptional circumstances.2
We have examined the Superior Court’s June 8, 2001 order according to the
criteria set forth in Rule 42.  In the exercise of its discretion, this Court has
concluded that exceptional circumstances do not exist in this case to merit
interlocutory review of the decision of the Superior Court.  
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the within interlocutory
appeal is REFUSED.
BY THE COURT:
/s/ Carolyn Berger
Justice