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RAMUNNO v. CAWLEY

No. 530, 1996.

705 A.2d 1029 (1998)

L. Vincent RAMUNNO, Plaintiff Below, Appellant, v. Charles M. CAWLEY, MBNA America Bank, N.A., Gannett Co. t/a the News Journal Company and Cris Barrish, Defendants Below, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided: January 22, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L. Vincent Ramunno (argued), and Glenn C. Ward, Ramunno & Ramunno, Wilmington, for Appellant.

Steven J. Rothschild (argued), Andrew J. Turezyn, Pamela J. Jones, of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, Wilmington; and Charles M. Oberly, III, Kathleen M. Jennings, and Lawrence S. Drexler, Wilmington, for Appellees Charles M. Cawley and MBNA America Bank, N.A.

Richard G. Elliott, Jr. (argued), and John T. Dorsey, of Richards, Layton & Finger, Wilmington, for Appellees the News Journal Company and Cris Barrish.

Before VEASEY, C.J., WALSH, HOLLAND, HARTNETT and BERGER, JJ., constituting the Court en Banc.

VEASEY, Chief Justice:

In this appeal we reverse, in large part, the decision of the Superior Court to dismiss the complaint under Superior Court Civil Rule 12(b)(6). The complaint asserted claims for libel and civil conspiracy against both media and non-media defendants. We rest our decision solely on pleading rules. A dismissal under Rule 12(b)(6) is proper only where the complaint, construed most favorably to the plaintiff...

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