Title: Pihs v. Pittari

State: delaware

Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court

Document:

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
JOSEPH A. PIHS, JR.,  
 
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No. 189, 2014 
Plaintiff Below, 
 
 
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Appellant,  
 
 
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Court Below: 
 
 
 
 
 
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v. 
 
 
 
 
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Superior Court of the  
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State of Delaware, in and for 
GIOVANNI PITTARI,  
 
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Kent County 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Defendant Below,  
 
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C. A. No. K12C-03-027 
 
Appellee. 
 
 
 
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Submitted:  October 15, 2014 
Decided:  October 23, 2014 
 
Before STRINE, Chief Justice, HOLLAND and VALIHURA, Justices. 
 
O R D E R 
 
This 23rd day of October 2014, upon consideration of the parties’ briefs and 
the record below, it appears to the Court that Appellant Joseph Pihs, Jr. (“Pihs”) 
raises two issues on appeal.  First, he argues that the Superior Court erred in denying 
his motion for judgment as a matter of law on the issue of Appellee Giovanni Pittari’s 
(“Pittari”) negligence.  Second, he argues that the Superior Court erred in denying his 
request for a jury instruction concerning a claim under 21 Del. C. § 4168(a).  We find 
Superior Court’s decisions to deny the motion for judgment as a matter of law and to 
deny the request to give the jury instruction should be affirmed on the basis of and for 
the reasons assigned by the Superior Court in its rulings on March 25, 2014. 
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NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the judgment of the 
Superior Court be, and the same hereby is, AFFIRMED. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BY THE COURT: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Karen L. Valihura 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Justice