Title: Sinnott, et al. v. Thompson, et al.
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: 268, 2011
State: Delaware
Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court
Date: June 13, 2011

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
JAMES ROBERT SINNOTT, and 
CATHERINE A. PEPPER a/k/a 
CATHERINE SINNOTT, 
 
Defendants Below- 
Appellants, 
 
v. 
 
DERRICK THOMPSON, by his guardian 
ad litem, KELLY M. NEVILLE-
THOMPSON, 
 
Plaintiff Below- 
Appellee. 
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§  No. 268, 2011 
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§  Court Below—Superior Court 
§  of the State of Delaware, 
§  in and for Kent County 
§  C.A. No. K09C-11-041 
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Submitted: May 26, 2011 
  Decided: June 13, 2011 
 
Before HOLLAND, BERGER, and JACOBS, Justices. 
 
 
O R D E R 
 
This 13th day of June 2011, it appears to the Court that: 
(1) 
The defendants-appellants have petitioned this Court, pursuant to 
Supreme Court Rule 42, to accept an appeal from an interlocutory order of the 
Superior Court, dated April 26, 2011, denying the defendants’ motion for summary 
judgment.  The Superior Court’s order held that Delaware comparative negligence 
law, and not the contributory negligence law of North Carolina, applied to the case. 
 
 
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(2) 
The defendants filed their application for certification to take an 
interlocutory appeal in the Superior Court on May 5, 2011.  The Superior Court 
denied the certification application on May 25, 2011. 
(3) 
Applications for interlocutory review are addressed to the sound 
discretion of this Court.  In the exercise of its discretion, the 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 be REFUSED. 
BY THE COURT: 
 
/s/ Carolyn Berger 
Justice