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HEANEY v. NEW CASTLE COUNTY

No. 42, 1995.

672 A.2d 11 (1995)

Susan G. HEANEY, Susan M. Heaney, and Jennifer A. Heaney, Plaintiffs Below, Appellants, v. NEW CASTLE COUNTY, Defendant Below, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided: December 21, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey S. Marlin of Biggs and Battaglia, Wilmington, for Appellants.

Francis J. Jones, Jr., and Peter A. Pietra of Morris, James, Hitchens & Williams, for Appellees.

Before VEASEY, C.J., WALSH and HARTNETT, JJ.

VEASEY, Chief Justice:

In this appeal we are presented primarily with the question of local government immunity from tort claims. Susan Heaney and her daughters, plaintiffs-below, appellants, appeal the grant of summary judgment in favor of New Castle County (the "County") with respect to their tort and civil rights claims arising from the death of Anthony Heaney. The Superior Court granted summary judgment for the County...

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