Case Title: Lawhorn v. New Castle County

Citation: 

Docket Number: 243, 2006

State: delaware

Court: Delaware Supreme Court

Date: 2006-11-15T00:00:00Z

Document:
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
DAVID LAWHORN, 
 
 
) 
 
 
 
 
 
 
)  No. 243, 2006 
 
 
Claimant/Appellant 
) 
 
 
Below Appellant,  
)  Court Below:  Superior Court 
 
 
 
 
 
 
)  of the State of Delaware in 
v. 
 
 
 
 
 
)  and for New Castle County 
 
 
 
 
 
 
) 
NEW CASTLE COUNTY, 
 
)  C.A. No. 05A-06-007 
 
 
 
 
 
 
) 
 
 
Employer/Appellees 
) 
 
 
Below Appellees.  
) 
 
Submitted:  October 4, 2006 
Decided:  November 15, 2006 
 
Before STEELE, Chief Justice, HOLLAND and BERGER, Justices. 
 
O R D E R 
 
 
This 15th day of November, 2006, upon consideration of the parties’ briefs 
and the record in this case, we find it manifest that the judgment below should be 
affirmed on the basis of the Superior Court's well-reasoned decision dated May 1, 
2006 affirming the June 6, 2005 decision of the Industrial Accident Board.  The 
Superior Court did not err in concluding that Lawhorn’s petition for additional 
compensation due was time-barred by the five-year statute of limitations under 19 
Del. C. § 2361(b) and that Lawhorn had failed to overcome this procedural hurdle. 
 
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the judgment of the Superior 
Court is AFFIRMED. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BY THE COURT: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Myron T. Steele 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Chief Justice 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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