Title: Crowhorn v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company

State: delaware

Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court

Document:

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
JAMES M. CROWHORN, on behalf 
of himself and all others similarly 
situated, 
 
Plaintiff Below- 
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
NATIONWIDE MUTUAL 
INSURANCE COMPANY, 
 
Defendant Below- 
Appellee. 
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§  No. 450, 2002 
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§  Court Below—Superior Court 
§  of the State of Delaware, 
§  in and for New Castle County 
§  C.A. No. 00C-06-010 
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Submitted: August 5, 2002 
  Decided: August 14, 2002 
 
Before VEASEY, Chief Justice, WALSH, and HOLLAND, Justices. 
 
 
O R D E R 
 
This 14th day of August 2002, it appears to the Court that: 
(1) 
The plaintiff below, James Crowhorn, has petitioned this Court, 
pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 42, to appeal from an interlocutory order of the 
Superior Court dated July 10, 2002.  The Superior Court’s ruling granted in part, 
denied in part, and reserved decision in part on twelve separate motions for 
protective orders filed by the defendant below, Nationwide Mutual Insurance 
Company. 
 
 
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(2) 
The Superior Court has not yet acted upon the plaintiff’s 
application to certify an interlocutory appeal to this Court.  Nonetheless, this 
Court has reviewed the plaintiff’s notice of interlocutory appeal and has 
determined, in the Court’s discretion, that the plaintiff’s application fails to meet 
the requirements for certification under Rule 42. 
(3) 
In general, a trial court’s discovery rulings are not appealable under 
Rule 42, absent extraordinary circumstances.*  Extraordinary circumstances do 
not exist in this case. 
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the within 
interlocutory appeal is REFUSED.   
BY THE COURT: 
 
   s/Joseph T. Walsh 
           Justice 
                                                 
* Pepsico, Inc. v. Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co., 261 A.2d 520, 520-21 (Del. 1969).