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HARMON v. STATE DELAWARE HARNESS RACING

No. 676, 2011.

62 A.3d 1198 (2013)

Donald L. HARMON, Plaintiff Below, Appellant, v. STATE of Delaware, DELAWARE HARNESS RACING COMMISSION, Defendant Below, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided: February 15, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephani J. Ballard, Esquire , (argued), Law Offices of Stephani J. Ballard LLC, Wilmington, Delaware, for Appellant.

Marc P. Niedzielski, Esquire , (argued) and Laura L. Gerard, Esquire , Delaware Department of Justice, Wilmington, Delaware, for Appellee.

Before HOLLAND, BERGER, JACOBS and RIDGELY, Justices, and GLASSCOCK, Vice Chancellor, constituting the Court en Banc.

BERGER, Justice.

In this appeal we consider whether a jury verdict in favor of a racing official should be reinstated. The racing official, who had been suspended by the Delaware Harness Racing Commission ("Commission"), claimed that the Commission reneged on its promise to reinstate him. The jury agreed, but the trial court later determined that the racing official's claim failed as a matter of law. We hold that the racing official's promissory estoppel claim, which...

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