Case Title: Pugh v. Slover

Citation: 

Docket Number: 473, 2014

State: delaware

Court: Delaware Supreme Court

Date: 2015-05-14T00:00:00Z

Document:
1 
 
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
 
KEITH D. PUGH,  
§ 
 
 
 
§ 
No. 473, 2014 
 
Plaintiff-Below, 
§ 
 
Appellant, 
§ 
Court Below:  Superior Court   
 
  
§ 
of the State of Delaware, in  
v.  
§ 
and for New Castle County  
 
 
§  
 
SCOTT SLOVER, 
§ 
C.A. No. 09C-07-255-MMJ 
 
§ 
 
 
Defendant-Below, 
§ 
 
 
Appellee. 
§ 
 
 
 
 
 
Submitted:  May 13, 2015 
Decided:  May 14, 2015 
 
 
Before STRINE, Chief Justice; HOLLAND and VALIHURA, Justices.  
O R D E R 
 
The sole claim raised by the appellant in this appeal is that the Superior 
Court erred by instructing the jury that if it concluded that the appellee, Scott 
Slover, was in an emergency situation, the circumstances of that situation should 
be taken into account in determining whether Slover breached the relevant standard 
of care.  For the reasons articulated by the Superior Court in its memorandum 
opinion dated August 12, 2014 denying appellant’s motion for a new trial,1 the 
Superior Court’s decision to issue the jury instruction was proper.   
                                          
 
1 Pugh v. Davis, 2014 WL 4057772 (Del. Super. Aug. 12, 2004).  
2 
 
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the August 12, 2014 
judgment of the Superior Court dismissing appellant’s motion for a new trial is 
AFFIRMED.   
 
 
BY THE COURT: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Leo E. Strine, Jr. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Chief Justice