Title: Ortiz-Quinones v. Christiana Care
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: 171, 2018
State: Delaware
Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court
Date: November 5, 2018

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
MANUELA ORTIZ-QUINONES, 
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No. 171, 2018 
 
Plaintiff Below, 
 
 
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Appellant,  
 
 
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Court Below:  Superior Court of the   
 
 
 
 
 
 
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State of Delaware 
 
v. 
 
 
 
 
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C.A. No. N13C-10-196 
CHRISTIANA CARE HEALTH 
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SERVICES, INC., a Delaware   
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Corporation, 
 
 
 
 
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Defendant Below,  
 
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Appellee. 
 
 
 
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Submitted: August 10, 2018 
 
 
 
 
Decided: 
November 5, 2018 
 
Before STRINE, Chief Justice; VALIHURA and VAUGHN, Justices. 
  
O R D E R 
 
 
After careful consideration of the parties’ briefs and the record on appeal, we 
conclude that the Superior Court’s judgment should be affirmed on the basis of the 
court’s well-reasoned decision of March 8, 2018.*  The Superior Court properly 
granted summary judgment as a matter of law to the defendant-below/appellee, 
Christiana Care Health Services, Inc., following the court’s determination that the 
plaintiff-below/appellant, Manuela Ortiz-Quinones, had failed to support an 
essential element of her medical negligence claim. 
                                          
 
* 2018 WL 1225731 (Del. Super. Ct. Mar. 8, 2018). 
 
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NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the judgment of the Superior 
Court is AFFIRMED.  
  
 
 
 
 
 
BY THE COURT: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Karen L. Valihura 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Justice