Title: Total Care Physicians, P.A. et al. v. O'Hara

State: delaware

Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court

Document:

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
TOTAL CARE PHYSICIANS, P.A, 
and TOTAL CARE PHYSICIANS 
GLASGOW, P.A., 
 
Plaintiffs Below- 
Appellants, 
 
v. 
 
KEVIN W. O’HARA, M.D., 
 
Defendant Below- 
Appellee. 
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§  No. 380, 2003 
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§  Court Below—Superior Court 
§  of the State of Delaware, 
§  in and for New Castle County 
§  C.A. No. 99C-11-201 
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Submitted: August 1, 2003 
Decided:  August 18, 2003 
 
Before BERGER, STEELE, and JACOBS, Justices. 
 
 
O R D E R 
 
This 18th day of August 2003, it appears to the Court that: 
(1) 
The plaintiffs below, Total Care Physicians, P.A., and Total Care 
Physicians Glasgow, P.A. (collectively TCP), have petitioned this Court, 
pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 42, to appeal from interlocutory rulings of the 
Superior Court entered July 10, 2003.  The Superior Court=s rulings denied 
TCP’s motion for reargument following the first stage of a bifurcated trial and 
made certain pretrial rulings with respect to damages.  
(2) 
On July 23, 2003, the Superior Court denied TCP=s application to 
certify an interlocutory appeal to this Court. 
 
 
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(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 t
hat 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/ Myron T. Steele 
Justice