Case Title: Vick v. Khan, et al.

Citation: 

Docket Number: 491, 2018

State: delaware

Court: Delaware Supreme Court

Date: 2019-02-21T00:00:00Z

Document:
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
 
 
 
 
 
STACIA VICK and CHADWICK 
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VICK, 
  
 
 
 
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No. 491, 2018 
 
Plaintiffs Below,  
 
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Appellants, 
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Court Below:  Superior Court of the 
 
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State of Delaware  
v. 
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C.A. No. K17C-09-007 
DR. NASREEN KHAN, KHAN 
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AND ASSOCIATES, P.A., 
 
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BAYHEALTH INC., BAYHEALTH § 
MEDICAL CENTER, and KENT 
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GENERAL HOSPITAL,  
 
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Defendants Below, 
 
 
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Appellees.  
 
 
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Submitted:  December 20, 2018 
  Decided:  February 21, 2019 
 
Before VALIHURA, VAUGHN and SEITZ, Justices. 
 
O R D E R 
 
 
(1) 
The plaintiffs-appellants seek interlocutory review of the Superior 
Court’s bench ruling of January 5, 2018 and the court’s order of August 22, 2018 in 
the plaintiffs’ medical negligence action.  The January 5, 2018 bench ruling 
dismissed Counts III through VIII of the plaintiffs’ complaint as time-barred.  The 
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August 22, 2018 order affirmed a Commissioner’s order denying the plaintiffs’ 
motion to amend the complaint.1   
 
(2) 
By order dated September 19, 2018, the Superior Court denied the 
plaintiffs’ application for certification of an interlocutory appeal after finding that 
neither the January 5 bench ruling nor the August 22 order determined a substantial 
issue of material importance meriting appellate review before final judgment.   
 
(3) 
Applications for interlocutory review are addressed to the sound 
discretion of this Court and are granted only in exceptional circumstances.2  In the 
exercise of our discretion, we conclude that the plaintiffs’ application for 
interlocutory review does not meet the strict standards for certification under 
Supreme Court Rule 42.       
 
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the interlocutory appeal is 
REFUSED.  
 
 
 
 
 
 
BY THE COURT: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/  James T. Vaughn, Jr.  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Justice  
 
                                          
 
1 2018 WL 4026692 (Del. Super. Ct. Aug. 22, 2018). 
2 Del. Sup. Ct. R. 42(d)(v).