Title: Purnell v. Delaware Department of Insurance
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: 412, 2017
State: Delaware
Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court
Date: May 30, 2018

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
JOHN R. PURNELL, III, 
 
Appellant Below, 
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
DELAWARE DEPARTMENT OF 
INSURANCE, 
 
Appellee Below, 
Appellee. 
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§  No. 412, 2017 
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§  Court Below—Superior Court 
§  of the State of Delaware 
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§  C.A. No. N16A-10-001 
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Submitted:     April 13, 2018 
Decided: 
  May 30, 2018 
 
Before VALIHURA, VAUGHN, and SEITZ, Justices. 
 
 
O R D E R 
 
This 30th day of May 2018, after careful consideration of the parties’ briefs 
and the record on appeal, the Court concludes that the judgment of the Superior 
Court should be affirmed on the basis of and for the reasons assigned by the Superior 
Court in its September 7, 2017 decision,1 which affirmed in part and reversed in part 
the September 26, 2016 decision of the Insurance Commissioner, and its September 
19, 2017 order denying the appellant’s motion for reargument.   
 
                                                 
1 Purnell v. Dep’t of Ins., 2017 WL 3980539 (Del. Super. Ct. Sept. 7, 2017). 
 
2 
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the judgment of the Superior 
Court is AFFIRMED.   
BY THE COURT: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/  James T. Vaughn, Jr. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Justice