RAMSEY v. GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY

No. 305, 2017.

189 A.3d 1255 (2018)

Elizabeth RAMSEY, Personal Representative of the Estate of Dorothy Ramsey, Deceased, Plaintiff Below, Appellant, v. GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY ADVANCED DEVELOPMENT CENTER and Hollingsworth and Vose Company, Defendants Below, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided: June 27, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raeann Warner, Esquire (Argued), JACOBS & CRUMPLAR, P.A., Wilmington, Delaware, for Appellant, Elizabeth Ramsey, Personal Representative of the Estate of Dorothy Ramsey, Deceased.

Eileen M. Ford, Esquire (Argued), Megan T. Mantzavinos, Esquire , MARKS, O'NEILL, O'BRIEN, DOHERTY & KELLY, P.C., Wilmington, Delaware, for Appellee, Georgia Southern University Advanced Development Center.

Robert S. Goldman, Esquire , Lisa C. McLaughlin, Esquire , PHILLIPS, GOLDMAN, McLAUGHLIN & HALL, P.A., Wilmington, Delaware; Sarah P. Kelly, Esquire (Argued), NUTTER, McCLENNEN & FISH, LLP, Boston, Massachusetts, for Appellee, Hollingsworth and Vose Company.

David W. deBruin, Esquire , THE deBRUIN FIRM LLC, Wilmington, Delaware, for Amici Curiae Delaware Trial Lawyers Association and American Association for Justice.

Peggy L. Ableman, Esquire , McCARTER & ENGLISH, LLP, for Amici Curiae Coalition for Litigation Justice, Inc., National Association of Manufacturers, and NFIB Small Business Legal Center; Mark A. Behrens, Esquire , Christopher E. Appel, Esquire , SHOOK, HARDY & BACON L.L.P., Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae Coalition for Litigation Justice, Inc.; Linda E. Kelly, Esquire , Quentin Riegel, Esquire , Leland P. Frost, Esquire , MANUFACTURERS' CENTER FOR LEGAL ACTION, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae National Association of Manufacturers; Karen R. Harned, Esquire , Elizabeth Milito, Esquire , NFIB SMALL BUSINESS LEGAL CENTER, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae NFIB Small Business Legal Center.

Before STRINE, Chief Justice; VALIHURA, VAUGHN, SEITZ, and TRAYNOR, Justices, constituting the Court en Banc.


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