Case Title: Milford School District, et al. v. Jane Doe #2

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Docket Number: 215, 2010

State: delaware

Court: Delaware Supreme Court

Date: 2010-04-20T00:00:00Z

Document:
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
MILFORD SCHOOL DISTRICT et 
al.,   
 
Defendants Below- 
Appellants, 
 
v. 
 
JANE DOE #2, 
 
Plaintiff Below- 
Appellee. 
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§  No. 215, 2010 
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§  Court Below─Superior Court 
§  of the State of Delaware 
§  in and for Kent County 
§  C.A. No. K09C-06-021 
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Submitted: April 14, 2010 
 
 
 
 
   Decided: April 20, 2010 
 
Before STEELE, Chief Justice, JACOBS and RIDGELY, Justices. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
O R D E R  
 
 
This 20th day of April 2010, it appears to the Court that: 
 
(1) 
The defendants-appellants have jointly petitioned this Court, pursuant 
to Supreme Court Rule 42, to appeal from the Superior Court’s interlocutory ruling 
on March 16, 2010 denying their motion to dismiss the complaint of the plaintiff-
appellee, Jane Doe #2, on jurisdictional grounds.   
 
(2) 
On April 14, 2010, the Superior Court refused to certify an 
interlocutory appeal to this Court pursuant to Rule 42 on the ground that the 
criteria of Rule 42(b) have not been met.   
 
2 
 
(3) 
Applications for interlocutory review are addressed to the sound 
discretion of this Court and are granted only in exceptional circumstances.1  We 
have examined the Superior Court’s March 16, 2010 decision according to the 
criteria set forth in Rule 42.  In the exercise of its discretion, this Court has 
concluded that such exceptional circumstances as would merit interlocutory review 
of the decision of the Superior Court do not exist in this case. 
 
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the within interlocutory appeal 
is REFUSED. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BY THE COURT: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Henry duPont Ridgely 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Justice 
 
 
                                                 
1 Supr. Ct. R. 42(b).