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. 246, 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: May 15, 2002
  Decided:
May 23, 2002
Before HOLLAND, BERGER, and STEELE, Justices.
O R D E R
This 23rd day of May 2002, it appears to the Court that:
(1)
The plaintiff-below, James Crowhorn, has petitioned this Court,
pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 42, to accept an appeal from an
interlocutory order of the Superior Court dated April 5, 2002.  The Superior
Court’s decision denied Crowhorn’s motion to reinstate certain allegations
of his complaint.
(2)
Crowhorn filed an application seeking certification to take an
interlocutory appeal from the Superior Court’s April 5, 2002 order.  On May
-2-
6, 2002, the Superior Court denied certification on the grounds that its April
5, 2002 order failed to meet the criteria for interlocutory review set forth in
Supreme Court Rule 42.  We permitted Crowhorn to file a response to the
Superior Court’s May 6 order.
(3)
Applications for interlocutory review are addressed to the
sound discretion of this Court.  In the exercise of its discretion, this Court
has concluded that the application for interlocutory review should be denied.
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the within
interlocutory appeal be REFUSED.
BY THE COURT:
/s/ Carolyn Berger
Justice