Case Title: Gardner v. McDowell

Citation: 

Docket Number: 112, 2009

State: delaware

Court: Delaware Supreme Court

Date: 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

Document:
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
RICHARD GARDNER, M.D.,  
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No. 112, 2009 
 
Defendant Below,  
 
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Appellant,  
 
 
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Court Below—Superior Court   
 
 
 
 
 
 
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of the State of Delaware in and 
 
v. 
 
 
 
 
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for New Castle County 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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THOMAS P. McDOWELL, 
 
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Plaintiff Below, 
 
 
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C.A. No. 07C-12-191 
 
Appellee. 
 
 
 
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Submitted: March 18, 2009 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Decided: 
March 19, 2009 
 
Before HOLLAND, BERGER and RIDGELY, Justices. 
 
O R D E R 
 
 
This 19th day of March 2009, it appears to the Court that: 
 
(1) 
The defendant-appellant, Richard Gardner, M.D., has petitioned 
this Court, pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 42 (“Rule 42”), to appeal from 
the Superior Court’s interlocutory opinion of February 4, 2009, which 
denied Gardner’s motion to dismiss.  By order dated March 17, 2009, the 
Superior Court denied Gardner’s application for certification on the ground 
that the criteria of Rule 42 had not been met.  
 
(2) 
Applications for interlocutory review are addressed to the 
sound discretion of this Court and are granted only in exceptional 
 
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circumstances.1  The Court has examined the Superior Court’s February 4, 
2009 opinion according to the criteria set forth in Rule 42.  In the exercise of 
its discretion, the Court has concluded that exceptional circumstances such 
as would merit interlocutory review of the Superior Court’s opinion do not 
exist in this case.  
 
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the 
interlocutory appeal is REFUSED. 
 
 
 
 
 
BY THE COURT: 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Randy J. Holland 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Justice 
 
 
                                          
 
1 Del. Supr. Ct. R. 42(b), (d)(v).