Title: Davis, et al. v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Ins. Co., et al.

State: delaware

Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court

Document:

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
MICHELE DAVIS, SCOTT DAVIS, § 
CHERYL GRAY, CHRISTOPHER § 
GRAY, VIRGINIA MARIONI,  
§   No. 92, 2011 
PAULINE SILVESTRI and  
 
§ 
CHARLES SILVESTRI, on behalf  
§  Court Below – Superior Court 
of themselves and all others  
 
§  of the State of Delaware, 
similarly situated, et al.,  
 
§  in and for Sussex County 
 
 
 
 
 
 
§  C.A. No. 09C-09-012 
 
Plaintiffs Below,  
 
§ 
 
Defendants,  
 
 
§ 
 
 
 
 
 
 
§ 
 
v. 
 
 
 
 
§ 
 
 
 
 
 
 
§ 
STATE FARM MUTUAL  
 
§ 
AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE  
 
§ 
COMPANY, et al., 
 
 
§ 
 
 
 
 
 
 
§ 
 
Defendants Below, 
 
 
§ 
 
Appellees.  
 
 
§ 
 
 
 
 
 
    Submitted:  September 21, 2011 
 
 
 
 
       Decided:  September 26, 2011 
 
Before HOLLAND, JACOBS and RIDGELY, Justices. 
 
O R D E R 
 
This 26th day of September 2011, the Court having considered this 
matter after oral argument and on the briefs filed by the parties has assumed, 
under the facts of this case, that the filed rate doctrine does not apply, and 
that the Superior Court had jurisdiction to decide the merits of the plaintiffs’ 
claims.  We have concluded that the Superior Court’s decision on the merits 
should be affirmed for the reasons stated in and on the basis of its opinion 
dated February 15, 2011. 
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the judgment 
of the Superior Court be, and the same hereby is, AFFIRMED. 
 
 
 
 
 
BY THE COURT: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Randy J. Holland 
 
 
 
 
 
Justice