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DOE 30'S MOTHER v. BRADLEY

C.A. Nos. N10C-05-023 JRS, N10C-10-317 JRS.

58 A.3d 429 (2012)

Jane DOE 30'S MOTHER, Individually, and as Parent, Guardian, and Next Friend of Jane Doe 30, a Minor Child, Individually, and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. Earl B. BRADLEY, M.D.; Bay Bees Pediatrics, P.A., a Delaware Corporation; Beebe Medical Center, Inc., a Delaware Corporation; Medical Society of Delaware, a Delaware Corporation; James P. Marvel, Jr., M.D.; Carol A. Tavani, M.D.; Lowell F. Scott, Jr., M.D.; Lowell F. Scott, M.D., P.A., John J. Ludwicki, M.D., the Pediatric and Adolescent Center in Lewes, Chartered; and Nicholas Berg, M.D., Defendants.

Superior Court of Delaware, New Castle County.

Decided: March 29, 2012.

Redacted: May 8, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ben T. Castle, Esquire and Bruce L. Hudson, Esquire , Hudson & Castle Law, LLC, Wilmington, Delaware; Craig A. Karsnitz, Esquire , Richard A. DiLiberto, Jr., Esquire and Neilli M. Walsh, Esquire , Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Georgetown, Delaware; Bartholomew J. Dalton, Esquire , Dalton & Associates, P.A., Wilmington, Delaware; Chase T. Brockstedt, Esquire , Bifferato Gentilotti LLC, Lewes, Delaware; Philip C. Federico, Esquire , Schochor, Federico & Staton, Baltimore, Maryland; Alexander J. Palamarchuk, Esquire , Alan L. Frank Law Associates, P.C., Jenkintown, Pennsylvania. Attorneys for Class Plaintiffs.

Collins J. Seitz, Jr., Esquire , Seitz Ross Aronstam & Moritz, LLP, Wilmington, Delaware; Matthew F. Boyer, Esquire and Josiah R. Wolcott, Esquire , Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz, LLP, Wilmington, Delaware; John D. Balaguer, Esquire and Christine Kane, Esquire , White & Williams, LLP, Wilmington, Delaware. Attorneys for Defendants, Medical Society of Delaware, James P. Marvel, Jr., M.D., and Carol A. Tavani, M.D.

Jeffrey M. Austin, Esquire and Colleen D. Shields, Esquire , Elzufon Austin Reardon Tarlov & Mondell, P.A., Wilmington, Delaware. Attorneys for Defendants, Lowell F. Scott, Jr., M.D. and Lowell F. Scott, M.D., P.A.

James E. Drnec, Esquire and Melony Anderson, Esquire , Balick & Balick, LLC, Wilmington, Delaware; Natalie C. Magdeburger, Esquire and Chantelle M. Custodio, Esquire , Hodes, Pessin & Katz, P.A., Towson, Maryland; Michael C. Rosendorf, Esquire , Law Office of Michael C. Rosendorf, Stanton, Delaware; M. Natalie Sherry, Esquire , Kramon & Graham, P.A., Baltimore, Maryland. Attorneys for Defendants, John L. Ludwicki, M.D. and the Pediatric and Adolescent Center in Lewes, Chartered.

Michael W. Arrington, Esquire , Parkowski Guerke & Swayze, P.A., Wilmington, Delaware. Attorney for Defendant, Nicholas Berg, M.D.

SLIGHTS, J.

I.

Notwithstanding an emerging trend to the contrary, in Delaware, a plaintiff still must establish that a defendant owed her a duty of care in order to state a prima facie claim of negligence.1 Regardless of how morally, ethically or socially deplorable a defendant's conduct may be viewed by other constituencies, in the eyes of the law, the defendant may not be held to answer in negligence unless and until...

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