BELL ATLANTIC-DELAWARE v. HALL, 812 A.2d 899 (Del. 2002)

BELL ATLANTIC-DELAWARE, INC., Defendant Below-Appellant, v. JAMES E. HALL, Plaintiff Below-Appellee.

No. 634, 2002Supreme Court of Delaware.Submitted: November 21, 2002
Decided: December 12, 2002

Court Below-Superior Court of the State of Delaware, in and for New Castle County C.A. No. 02C-03-264

Appeal refused.

Unpublished opinion is below.

BELL ATLANTIC-DELAWARE, INC., Defendant Below-Appellant, v. JAMES E. HALL, Plaintiff Below-Appellee. No. 634, 2002 In the Supreme Court of the State of Delaware. Submitted: November 21, 2002 Decided: December 12, 2002

Before VEASEY, Chief Justice, BERGER, and STEELE, Justices.

Myron T. Steele, Justice

ORDER
This 12th day of November 2002, it appears to the Court that:

(1) The defendant-appellant, Bell Atlantic-Delaware, Inc., has petitioned this Court, pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 42, to accept an appeal from an interlocutory order of the Superior Court dated October 16, 2002. The Superior Court’s decision, among other things, denied Bell Atlantic’s motion to dismiss due to insufficiency of service of process.

(2) The Superior Court denied Bell Atlantic’s application for certification to take an interlocutory appeal.

(3) Applications for interlocutory review are addressed to the sound discretion of this Court. In the exercise of its discretion, this 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 is REFUSED .