Delaware Supreme Court Decisions 2013

Opinions 501 - 647 of 647

Barr v. State
Date: March 19, 2013
Docket Number: 88, 2013
Bell v. Fisher, et al.
Date: March 18, 2013
Docket Number: 371, 2012
Sammons v. Delaware  
Date: March 14, 2013
Docket Number: 538, 2012

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant-Appellant Thomas Sammons appealed several final superior court judgments after he was convicted by jury of second-degree burglary, second-degree robbery and criminal mischief. Defendant raised two issues on…

Paskins v. State
Date: March 14, 2013
Docket Number: 54, 2013
Zuppo v. State
Date: March 14, 2013
Docket Number: 58, 2013
Presock v. State
Date: March 13, 2013
Docket Number: 459, 2012
Davis v. The Estate of Mary S. Perry, et al.
Date: March 13, 2013
Docket Number: 46, 2013
Crombie v. Paron Capital Management, LLC, et al.
Date: March 13, 2013
Docket Number: 463, 2012
Amaro v. State
Date: March 13, 2013
Docket Numbers: 56,2012, 62,2012, 63, 2012, 63,2012
Sparks v. Matthews
Date: March 13, 2013
Docket Number: 635, 2012
Black, et al. v. Staffieri
Date: March 13, 2013
Docket Number: 637, 2012
Pringle v. State
Date: March 13, 2013
Docket Number: 694, 2011
Matter of a Member of the Bar: Gabay
Date: March 12, 2013
Docket Number: 108, 2013
Hall v. State
Date: March 12, 2013
Docket Number: 171, 2012
Matter of a Member of the Bar: Gabay
Date: March 12, 2013
Docket Number: 180, 2013
Microsoft Corporation v. Vadem, LTD, et al.
Date: March 12, 2013
Docket Number: 290, 2012
Frost v. DFS
Date: March 12, 2013
Docket Number: 373, 2012
Washington v. Delaware  
Date: March 12, 2013
Docket Number: 376, 2012

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant-Appellant Leshawn Washington was convicted by jury on four counts of first-degree assault, second-degree assault, twelve counts of possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony and six counts of…

Kulowiec v. Delaware  
Date: March 12, 2013
Docket Number: 474, 2012

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant-Appellant Ewelina Kulowiec appealed her conviction for third-degree assault. Defendant elected to have a non-jury trial, after which she was acquitted of Aggravated Menacing, a firearm offense, and Terroristic…

Hester v. State
Date: March 12, 2013
Docket Number: 671, 2012
Matter of a Member of the Bar: Folsom
Date: March 12, 2013
Docket Number: 97, 2013
Akers v. State
Date: March 8, 2013
Docket Number: 16, 2013
Stafford v. Delaware  
Date: March 7, 2013
Docket Number: 289, 2011

Justia Opinion Summary: A passenger in a car stopped by the police for illegally tinted windows claimed to have no identification and provided an officer with a false identity. After a database search returned no results, the officer handcuffed…

Trice v. State
Date: March 5, 2013
Docket Number: 449, 2012
Ponce v. Potter
Date: March 5, 2013
Docket Number: 483, 2012
Harik v. Henry, et al.
Date: March 5, 2013
Docket Number: 554, 2012
Ruff v. State
Date: March 5, 2013
Docket Number: 561, 2012
Bryant v. State
Date: March 5, 2013
Docket Number: 607, 2012
Smullen v. State
Date: March 5, 2013
Docket Number: 656, 2012
Willard v. Hines
Date: March 4, 2013
Docket Number: 421, 2012
Brown v. State
Date: March 4, 2013
Docket Number: 599, 2012
Roark v. State
Date: March 4, 2013
Docket Number: 643, 2012
Smith v. Greif
Date: March 4, 2013
Docket Number: 77, 2013
Sternberg, M.D. v. Nanticoke Memorial Hospital, Inc., et al.  
Date: February 28, 2013
Docket Number: 219, 2012

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff-Appellant Richard J. Sternberg, M.D. brought an action against Defendants-Appellees Nanticoke Memorial Hospital, its CEO and members of the hospital's Medical Executive Committee (MEC) (collectively…

Matter of O'Leary
Date: February 26, 2013
Docket Number: 21, 2013
Kraft v. Jackson
Date: February 26, 2013
Docket Number: 275, 2012
Brown v. Trooper Corporal Day
Date: February 26, 2013
Docket Number: 370, 2012
Gilbert v. Bradley
Date: February 26, 2013
Docket Number: 466, 2012
Forehand v. State
Date: February 26, 2013
Docket Number: 576, 2012
Mifflin v. State
Date: February 25, 2013
Docket Number: 456, 2012
Forehand v. State
Date: February 25, 2013
Docket Number: 576, 2012
Jones v. State
Date: February 21, 2013
Docket Number: 354, 2012
Blaine v. Blaine
Date: February 21, 2013
Docket Number: 436, 2012
Dorman v. State
Date: February 21, 2013
Docket Number: 503, 2012
McNeil v. State
Date: February 21, 2013
Docket Number: 630, 2012
Independence Mall, Inc. v. Wahl, et al.
Date: February 21, 2013
Docket Number: 70, 2013
Davis v. The Estate of Mary S. Perry, et al.
Date: February 20, 2013
Docket Number: 46, 2013
Grayson v. State
Date: February 19, 2013
Docket Number: 471, 2012
Fragale v. State
Date: February 19, 2013
Docket Number: 509, 2012
Nieves v. State
Date: February 19, 2013
Docket Number: 625, 2012
Moore v. Hall  
Date: February 15, 2013
Docket Number: 27, 2012

Justia Opinion Summary: Mother Charlene M. Hall filed a petition to terminate the parental rights of father Christopher Moore with regard to their child born August 24, 2005. The Family Court granted the Mother's petition. The Father raised two…

Moore v. State
Date: February 15, 2013
Docket Number: 409, 2012
Averill v. Bradley, et al.
Date: February 15, 2013
Docket Number: 426, 2012
Harmon v. Delaware  
Date: February 15, 2013
Docket Number: 676, 2011

Justia Opinion Summary: The issue before the Supreme Court in this case centered on whether a jury verdict in favor of a racing official should have been reinstated. The racing official, who had been suspended by the Delaware Harness Racing…

Jones v. State
Date: February 14, 2013
Docket Number: 354, 2012
Johnson v. State
Date: February 14, 2013
Docket Number: 570, 2012
Talley v. Talley
Date: February 14, 2013
Docket Number: 593, 2012
Lorenzetti v. Hodges, et al.
Date: February 13, 2013
Docket Number: 281, 2012
Daley v. State
Date: February 13, 2013
Docket Number: 430, 2012
Longford-Myers v. State
Date: February 13, 2013
Docket Number: 477, 2012
Cobb v. State
Date: February 13, 2013
Docket Number: 573, 2012
Honaker v. State
Date: February 12, 2013
Docket Number: 17, 2013
Stanley v. State
Date: February 12, 2013
Docket Number: 364, 2012
George v. State
Date: February 12, 2013
Docket Number: 403, 2012
Beebe v. Danberg, et al.
Date: February 12, 2013
Docket Number: 467, 2012
Morris v. State
Date: February 12, 2013
Docket Number: 502, 2012
Johnson v. State
Date: February 12, 2013
Docket Number: 528, 2012
Noel-Liszkiewicz v. La-Z-Boy  
Date: February 12, 2013
Docket Number: 587, 2012

Justia Opinion Summary: Pro se appellant Holly Noel-Liszkiewicz appealed a superior court's decision to affirm the Industrial Accident Board's denial of her claim for worker's compensation benefits. Appellant was a customer service…

Lewis v. Trumark Financial Credit Union
Date: February 12, 2013
Docket Number: 659, 2012
Watunya v. State
Date: February 11, 2013
Docket Number: 527, 2012
Builders v. Ebersole
Date: February 11, 2013
Docket Number: 571, 2012
Register v. State
Date: February 8, 2013
Docket Number: 310, 2012
Clark v. Ryan
Date: February 7, 2013
Docket Number: 411, 2012
Purnell-Charleston v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co.
Date: February 6, 2013
Docket Number: 494, 2011
West v. State
Date: February 6, 2013
Docket Number: 529, 2012
Correa v. State
Date: February 5, 2013
Docket Number: 2, 2013
White v. Delaware Board on Parole
Date: February 5, 2013
Docket Number: 379, 2012
Raymond v. Raymond
Date: February 5, 2013
Docket Number: 508, 2012
Lopez v. State
Date: February 5, 2013
Docket Number: 511, 2012
Ortiz v. State
Date: February 5, 2013
Docket Number: 539, 2012
Delaware Valley Field Services v. Melgar-Ramirez
Date: February 5, 2013
Docket Number: 556, 2012
Delaware v. Holden  
Date: February 5, 2013
Docket Numbers: 605, 2011, 604, 2011

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff-Appellant the State of Delaware appealed a Superior Court order granting a motion to suppress by the Defendants-Appellees Michael Holden and Lauren Lusby on grounds that the search warrant affidavit approved by…

Shapria v. Houghton Christiana Care Health Services v. Houghton
Date: February 5, 2013
Docket Numbers: 653, 2012, 654, 2012
Martin v. Delaware  
Date: February 4, 2013
Docket Number: 149, 2012

Justia Opinion Summary: In this appeal, the issue before the Supreme Court was whether a Superior Court judge’s decision to admit a blood analysis report without the testing chemist’s testimony violated Defendant–Appellant’s Sixth Amendment…

Oliver v. Delaware  
Date: February 4, 2013
Docket Number: 196, 2011

Justia Opinion Summary: The issue before the Supreme Court in this appeal was whether a Superior Court judge abused his discretion when he granted defense counsel an overnight continuance to review an additional set of laboratory reports the…

Hartmann v. State
Date: February 4, 2013
Docket Number: 220, 2012
Brown v. State
Date: February 4, 2013
Docket Number: 271, 2012
Dorsey v. State
Date: February 4, 2013
Docket Number: 355, 2012
Clarke v. DSCYF
Date: February 4, 2013
Docket Number: 365, 2012
Kostyshyn v. State
Date: February 4, 2013
Docket Number: 4, 2013
Hall v. DFS
Date: February 4, 2013
Docket Number: 414, 2012
Whiteman v. State
Date: February 4, 2013
Docket Number: 418, 2012
Spencer v. State
Date: February 4, 2013
Docket Number: 432, 2012
Brock v. State
Date: February 4, 2013
Docket Number: 522, 2012
Lexington Insurance Co. v. Conagra Foods, Inc.
Date: February 4, 2013
Docket Number: 675, 2012
Liu v. State
Date: January 31, 2013
Docket Number: 204, 2012
Cloud v. Cloud
Date: January 31, 2013
Docket Number: 606, 2012
Miles v. State
Date: January 28, 2013
Docket Number: 19, 2013
Szymanski v. State
Date: January 28, 2013
Docket Number: 316, 2012
Fuller v. State
Date: January 28, 2013
Docket Number: 676, 2012
Ayers v. State
Date: January 25, 2013
Docket Number: 1, 2013
Matter of a Member of the Bar: Rodriguez
Date: January 25, 2013
Docket Number: 29, 2013
Galloway v. State
Date: January 25, 2013
Docket Number: 586, 2012
Evans v. State
Date: January 25, 2013
Docket Number: 658, 2012
In Re: The Honorable Arlene Minus Coppadge  
Date: January 23, 2013
Docket Number: 12, 2011

Justia Opinion Summary: Family Court Judge Arlene Minus Coppadge was subject to disciplinary proceedings for failing to properly report matters held under advisement. Specifically, this matter arose from two instances of delay in the…

Delaware v. Abel  
Date: January 22, 2013
Docket Number: 50, 2012

Justia Opinion Summary: A state trooper stopped a member of Hells Angels for speeding. He refused to respond when asked where he was going. The trooper then informed him that he would be pat down. Defendant revealed he possessed two handguns.…

DeJohn v. Delaware  
Date: January 18, 2013
Docket Number: 712, 2011

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant-appellant Frederick S. DeJohn, II appealed a Superior Court violation of probation ("VOP") sentencing order. On appeal, Defendant claimed that the Superior Court judge sentenced him with a closed mind and that…

Jones v. Emmi
Date: January 17, 2013
Docket Number: 361, 2012
Selby v. State
Date: January 17, 2013
Docket Number: 404, 2012
Bank of America v. Robinson-McKnight
Date: January 17, 2013
Docket Number: 521, 2012
Bednash v. State
Date: January 17, 2013
Docket Number: 549, 2012
Smith v. Peninsula Oil & Propane
Date: January 16, 2013
Docket Number: 544, 2012
Sussex County Dept. of Elections, et al. v. Sussex County Republican Committee, et al.  
Date: January 16, 2013
Docket Number: 581, 2012

Justia Opinion Summary: The issue on appeal before the Supreme Court in this case was whether the Chancellor correctly interpreted 15 Del. C. Sec. 3306, which allows political parties to replace candidates who become incapacitated. The Court…

Beltran v. State
Date: January 15, 2013
Docket Number: 257, 2012
Brewer v. State
Date: January 15, 2013
Docket Number: 433, 2012
Palmer v. Palmer
Date: January 15, 2013
Docket Number: 443, 2012
Matter of a Member of the Bar: Graham
Date: January 15, 2013
Docket Number: 5, 2013
Burton v. DFS
Date: January 15, 2013
Docket Number: 514, 2012
Shockley v. State
Date: January 15, 2013
Docket Number: 566, 2012
Wright v. State
Date: January 15, 2013
Docket Number: 600, 2012
Gibbs v. State
Date: January 15, 2013
Docket Number: 644, 2012
Matter of a Member of the Bar: O'Brien
Date: January 15, 2013
Docket Number: 674, 2012
AIU Insurance Co., et al. v. American Guarantee & Liability Ins. Co.
Date: January 15, 2013
Docket Number: 695, 2011
Freedman v. Adams, et al.  
Date: January 14, 2013
Docket Number: 230, 2012

Justia Opinion Summary: In this appeal, the issue before the Supreme Court was whether a derivative complaint challenging a corporate board's decision to pay certain executive bonuses without adopting a plan that could make those bonuses tax…

National Grange Mutual Insurance Co. v. Elegant Slumming, Inc.  
Date: January 9, 2013
Docket Number: 278, 2012

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendants-Appellants National Grange Mutual Insurance Company and The Main Street Insurance Group (collectively "NGM") appealed a Superior Court's grant of summary judgment in favor of Plaintiff-Appellee Elegant…

Peters, et al. v. Texas Instruments Incorporated
Date: January 9, 2013
Docket Number: 292, 2012
Peters, et al. v. Texas Instruments Incorporated
Date: January 8, 2013
Docket Number: 292, 2012
Crawford v. State
Date: January 8, 2013
Docket Number: 416, 2012
Watkins v. State
Date: January 8, 2013
Docket Number: 645, 2012
Hurst v. State
Date: January 7, 2013
Docket Number: 297, 2012
Owens v. State
Date: January 7, 2013
Docket Number: 366, 2012
Villafane v. State
Date: January 7, 2013
Docket Number: 420, 2012
Puckett v. Matrix Services
Date: January 7, 2013
Docket Number: 435, 2012
Scott v. State
Date: January 4, 2013
Docket Number: 165, 2012
Thomas v. State
Date: January 4, 2013
Docket Number: 638, 2012
Adams v. Aidoo
Date: January 3, 2013
Docket Number: 177, 2012
Raymond v. State
Date: January 3, 2013
Docket Number: 424, 2012
Adams v. Aidoo  
Date: January 2, 2013
Docket Number: 177, 2012

Justia Opinion Summary: The issue on appeal in this case stemmed from the Superior Court’s dismissal of appellant’s complaint for failure to provide discovery to appellees. Appellant was acting pro se for the first 18 months after she filed the…

Hill v. DuShuttle  
Date: January 2, 2013
Docket Number: 381, 2011

Justia Opinion Summary: The issue before the Supreme Court in this case was whether the Superior Court abused its discretion by dismissing a “trip and fall” case because appellant failed to file an expert report. Appellant’s counsel did provide…

Carter v. Harmon
Date: January 2, 2013
Docket Number: 393, 2012
Finn v. State
Date: January 2, 2013
Docket Number: 422, 2012
Christian v. Counseling Resource Associates, Inc., et al.  
Date: January 2, 2013
Docket Number: 460, 2011

Justia Opinion Summary: The trial court precluded appellants’ experts from testifying at trial because they failed to provide the experts’ reports in accordance with the trial scheduling order. Without any expert testimony, appellants’ claims…

Keener v. Isken  
Date: January 2, 2013
Docket Number: 609, 2011

Justia Opinion Summary: The issue before the Supreme Court in this case was whether the Superior Court abused its discretion in refusing to reopen a summary judgment entered against appellants after they missed the deadline for filing a…

Trejo v. State
Date: January 2, 2013
Docket Number: 627, 2012
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