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. 530, 2002 
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§  Court Below—Superior Court 
§  of the State of Delaware, 
§  in and for Kent County 
§  C.A. No. 00C-06-010 
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Submitted: October 10, 2002 
  Decided: October 18, 2002 
 
Before WALSH, HOLLAND, and BERGER, Justices. 
 
O R D E R 
 
This 18th day of October 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 ruling of the 
Superior Court dated September 3, 2002.  The Superior Court’s ruling denied 
Crowhorn’s motion for judicial reassignment or recusal of the trial judge in his 
case. 
(2) 
On October 3, 2002, the Superior Court denied Crowhorn’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 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/ Randy J. Holland 
 
 
 
Justice