STATE FARM MUT. AUTO. INS. CO. v. DANN

No. 538,2000.

953 A.2d 127 (2001)

STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, as subrogee of Vicki K. Sheraton, Plaintiff Below-Appellant, v. Heather L. DANN, Defendant Below-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided: March 26, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis J. Rizzo, Jr., Esquire, of Reger & Rizzo, Wilmington, Delaware, Attorney for Appellee.

Thomas P. Leff, Esquire, of Casarino, Christman & Shalk, Wilmington, Delaware, Attorney for Appellant.

Before VEASEY, Chief Justice, WALSH, HOLLAND, BERGER and STEELE, Justices, constituting the Court en Banc.


PER CURIAM:

This case raises the question of the tension between possible judicial economy and the orderly processes of trial and appellate courts. The Supreme Court sits as an appellate court to review final judgments of trial courts. There are mechanisms for this Court to hear and determine questions certified to us by Delaware trial courts where those courts have not made a determination in the first instance. But these situations should be rare.

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