Case Title: Mattero v. Bivens

Citation: 

Docket Number: 370, 2004

State: delaware

Court: Delaware Supreme Court

Date: 2004-10-18T00:00:00Z

Document:
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
TERESA MATTERO, 
 
Defendant Below- 
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
KEITH BIVENS, JACQUELINE 
BIVENS, and GWEN GIBBS, 
individually and as next friend of 
CHANTEL MANN, a minor, 
 
Plaintiffs Below- 
Appellees. 
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§  No. 370, 2004 
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§  Court Below—Superior Court 
§  of the State of Delaware, 
§  in and for New Castle County 
§  C.A. No. 03C-03-159 
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Submitted: October 8, 2004 
  Decided: October 18, 2004 
 
Before STEELE, Chief Justice, HOLLAND, and BERGER, Justices. 
 
 
O R D E R 
 
This 18th day of October 2004, it appears to the Court that: 
(1) 
The defendant below, Teresa Mattero, has petitioned this Court, 
pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 42, to appeal from an interlocutory opinion of 
the Superior Court dated July 30, 2004.  The Superior Court’s ruling denied 
Mattero’s motion for summary judgment on the ground that the statute of 
limitations had expired. 
 
 
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(2) 
Mattero filed an application for certification in the Superior Court 
on August 4, 2004.  On October 8, 2004, the Superior Court denied Mattero’s 
application to certify an interlocutory appeal to this Court. 
(3) 
Applications for interlocutory review are addressed to the sound 
discretion of this Court and are granted only in extraordinary cases. 
(4) 
In the exercise of its discretion, this Court has concluded that the 
application for interlocutory review does not meet the requirements of Supreme 
Court Rule 42(b) and should be refused. 
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the within 
interlocutory appeal is REFUSED.   
BY THE COURT: 
 
/s/ Randy J. Holland 
Justice