Title: Lawson v. Bhatt
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: 376, 2014
State: Delaware
Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court
Date: July 31, 2014

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
JACK W. LAWSON and MARY 
§ 
ANN LAWSON,  
 
 
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No. 376, 2014 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Plaintiffs Below,  
 
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Court Below:  Superior Court  
 
Appellants,  
 
 
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of the State of Delaware in and   
 
 
 
 
 
 
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for New Castle County 
 
v. 
 
 
 
 
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§ 
C.A. No. N14C-01-020 
SHAILEN P. BHATT,   
 
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Defendant Below,  
 
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Appellee. 
 
 
 
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Submitted: July 18, 2014 
 
Decided: 
July 31, 2014 
 
Before STRINE, Chief Justice, HOLLAND and RIDGELY, Justices. 
 
O R D E R 
This 31st day of July 2014, upon consideration of the notice and 
supplemental notice of interlocutory appeal, it appears to the Court that: 
(1) 
On January 14, 2014, the plaintiffs/appellants, Jack W. Lawson 
and Mary Ann Lawson (hereinafter “the Lawsons”), filed a two-count 
amended complaint in the Superior Court.  On February 20, 2014, 
defendant/appellee Shailen P. Bhatt, Secretary of the Delaware Department 
of Transportation, (hereinafter “Bhatt”) moved to dismiss or, in the 
alternative, to stay Count II of the complaint.  By order dated June 11, 2014, 
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the Superior Court denied Bhatt’s motion to dismiss and granted the 
alternative motion to stay Count II.1 
(2) 
The Lawsons have petitioned this Court under Supreme Court 
Rule 42 to accept an interlocutory appeal from the Superior Court’s order of 
June 11, 2014.  By order dated July 14, 2014, the Superior Court denied the 
Lawsons’ application for certification of the interlocutory appeal.2 
(3) 
Applications for interlocutory review are addressed to the 
sound discretion of this Court and are granted only in exceptional 
circumstances.3  In this case, the Court has examined the Superior Court’s 
June 11, 2014 order according to the criteria set forth in Rule 42 and has 
concluded that exceptional circumstances meriting interlocutory review do 
not exist in this case. 
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the 
interlocutory appeal is REFUSED.     
 
 
 
 
 
 
BY THE COURT: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Randy J. Holland 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Justice 
                                          
 
1 Lawson v. State, 2014 WL 2599952 (Del. Super. June 11, 2014). 
2 Lawson v. State, 2014 WL 3530835 (Del. Super. July 14, 2014). 
3 Del. Supr. Ct. R. 42(b).