Case Title: Berry v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co.

Citation: 

Docket Number: 152, 2013

State: delaware

Court: Delaware Supreme Court

Date: 2013-10-23T00:00:00Z

Document:
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE
ADRIENNE BERRY, 
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No. 152, 2013
Plaintiff Below,
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Appellant,
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Court Below:  Superior Court
v.
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of the State of Delaware,
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in and for New Castle County
STATE FARM MUTUAL
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AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE
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COMPANY and SIOBHAIN
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KETHLEEN SULLIVAN, 
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C. A. N11C-02-102 CEB
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Defendants Below,
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Appellees.
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Submitted:  October 21, 2013
Decided:  October 23, 2013
Before STEELE, Chief Justice, BERGER and JACOBS, Justices.
O R D E R
This 23rd day of October 2013, it appears to the Court that:  
1.  On September 30, 2013, the Clerk having issued a Notice directing
appellant to show cause why this appeal should not be dismissed pursuant to Supreme
Court Rule 29(b) for appellant’s failure to comply with Supreme Court Rule 42 when
taking an appeal from an apparent interlocutory order.  On October 10, 2013 appellant
filed a response to the Notice to Show Cause.  On October 21, 2013 appellees filed
their response to the appellant’s answer to the Notice to Show Cause.
2.  Appellant acknowledges that, before filing her appeal, she filed a motion for
a new trial in the Superior Court.  That motion has not been decided.  A judgment is
not final for purposes of an appeal when the trial court has a motion for a new trial
under consideration.  See:  Lexington Insurance Co., v. Conagra Foods, Inc., 2013
WL 429094 (Del. Supr.). 
4.  Since the requirements of Supreme Court Rule 42 have not been met by
appellant, the appeal must be dismissed.
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED, that the within appeal be and hereby
is DISMISSED pursuant to Supreme Court Rules 29(b) and 42.*
BY THE COURT:
/s/ Carolyn Berger
Justice
* The dismissal of this appeal does not preclude the appellant from filing a notice of appeal once
a final order has issued from the Superior Court.
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