DiOSSI v. MARONEY


548 A.2d 1361 (1988)

Dion T. DiOSSI, Plaintiff Below, Appellant, v. C. Ronald MARONEY, Eleanor S. Maroney and Secretariat Limited, Defendants Below, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided: September 26, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur Inden, Alison Whitmer Tumas and Bruce L. Silverstein (argued) of Young, Conaway, Stargatt & Taylor, Wilmington, for appellant Dion T. DiOssi.

F. Alton Tybout (argued) and Nancy E. Chrissinger of Tybout, Redfearn, Casarino & Pell, Wilmington, for appellees C. Ronald Maroney and Eleanor S. Maroney.

Richard P.S. Hannum of Prickett, Jones, Elliott, Kristol & Schnee, Wilmington, for appellee Secretariat Ltd.

Before HORSEY, WALSH and DUFFY (Retired), JJ.


WALSH, Justice:

This is an appeal from the grant of summary judgment in the Superior Court in favor of a social host of a private party at which plaintiff Dion T. DiOssi was injured. The Superior Court ruled that the social hosts, C. Ronald Maroney and Eleanor S. Maroney ("the Maroneys") owed no duty to provide safe premises to plaintiff, a parking valet, who was struck by an automobile operated by an intoxicated guest at...

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