Title: Nationwide Insurance Co. v. Kent

State: delaware

Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court

Document:

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
NATIONWIDE 
PROPERTY 
& 
CASUALTY INSURANCE CO., 
 
Defendant Below- 
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
NADINE KENT, 
 
Plaintiff Below- 
Appellee. 
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§  No. 142, 2004 
§ 
§ 
§  Court Below—Superior Court 
§  of the State of Delaware, 
§  in and for New Castle County 
§  C.A. No. 02C-12-094 
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§ 
 
Submitted: April 23, 2004 
  Decided: April 30, 2004 
 
Before HOLLAND, BERGER, and STEELE, Justices. 
 
 
O R D E R 
 
This 30th day of April 2004, it appears to the Court that: 
(1) 
The defendant below, Nationwide Property & Casualty Insurance 
Co., has petitioned this Court, pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 42, to appeal 
from an interlocutory ruling of the Superior Court dated March 10, 2004.  The 
Superior Court=s March 10 ruling denied Nationwide=s motion for summary 
judgment on plaintiff’s claim for noneconomic damages arising from a New 
Jersey automobile accident.  On April 6, 2004, the Superior Court denied 
Nationwide’s motion for reargument.   
 
 
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(2) 
On April 21, 2004, the Superior Court denied Nationwide=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/ Carolyn Berger 
Justice