Title: Catholic Diocese of Wilmington, Inc.,et al. v. Heaney

State: delaware

Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court

Document:

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF 
WILMINGTON, INC., a Delaware 
corporation, ST. MARY 
MAGDALEN ROMAN CATHOLIC 
CHURCH, a Delaware corporation, 
and EDWARD F. DUDZINSKI, 
 
Defendants Below- 
Appellants, 
 
v. 
 
WILLIAM J. HEANEY, as personal 
representative of the Estate of Kevin 
C. Heaney, 
 
Plaintiff Below- 
Appellee. 
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§  No. 337, 2009 
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§  Court Below—Superior Court 
§  of the State of Delaware, 
§  in and for New Castle County 
§  C.A. No. 08C-11-097 
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Submitted: June 10, 2009 
  Decided: June 29, 2009 
 
Before STEELE, Chief Justice, JACOBS, and RIDGELY, Justices. 
 
 
O R D E R 
 
This 29th day of June 2009, it appears to the Court that: 
(1) 
The defendants-appellants have petitioned this Court, pursuant to 
Supreme Court Rule 42, to accept an appeal from an interlocutory order of the 
Superior Court dated May 11, 2009.  The Superior Court’s order granted in part 
and denied in part the defendants’ motion to dismiss the plaintiff’s complaint.  The 
 
 
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trial court dismissed plaintiff’s wrongful death action but allowed plaintiff to 
proceed with a survival action. 
(2) 
Defendants filed their application for certification to take an 
interlocutory appeal in the Superior Court on May 21, 2009.  The Superior Court 
denied the certification application on June 4, 2009. 
(3) 
Applications for interlocutory review are addressed to the sound 
discretion of this Court.  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 be REFUSED. 
BY THE COURT: 
/s/ Henry duPont Ridgely 
Justice