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PHILADELPHIA INDEM. INS. CO. v. BOGEL

C.A. NO. K18C-09-024 JJC.

269 A.3d 992 (2021)

PHILADELPHIA INDEMNITY INSURANCE COMPANY, Intervenor, v. Kathryn E. BOGEL; Patrick Nugent; Kenneth Bogel; Amanda Elise Rainey; Kristlyn Araujo; Joseph Johnson; Cassady Araujo-Johnson, Minor, by her next friends, Joseph Johnson and Kristlyn Araujo; Leland Johnson, Minor, by his next friends, Joseph Johnson and Kristlyn Araujo; Felix; Johnson, Minor, by his next friends, Joseph Johnson and Kristlyn Araujo; Dana Christianson; Dean DiPietro; Cecilia Peterson; Lauren Latchford; Kelly McGarvey; John Smith; Yaron Miller; Barbara Oliveira; Jeffrey Darrion Siler; Sarah Pitcock; Carol Rethemeyer; David Rethemeyer; Rebecca Seward; Mark Spires; Christopher Spyrzynski; Amy Stanton; Michael Stanton; Jacinto Vera; Rita Vera; and Sarah Heaton, Wendy J. Gigler, Plaintiffs, v. Jolly Trolley Transportation Service, LLC, t/a Jolly Trolley; a/k/a Jolly Trolley of Rehoboth Beach; Jolly Trolley Limousine Service LLC, t/a Jolly Trolley; a/k/a Jolly Trolley of Rehoboth Beach; formerly known as Jolly Trolley Car Service, LLC; Transit U., Inc., t/a Jolly Trolley; a/k/a Jolly Trolley of Rehoboth Beach; David O. Hastings; Christine D. Hastings, David Turner Hastings, and Thomas Bernard Dowd, Defendants.

Superior Court of Delaware.

Decided: December 6, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Malkiewicz, Esquire , and Robert J. Taylor, Esquire , BARROS, MCNAMARA, MALKIEWICZ AND TAYLOR, P.A., Dover, Delaware; and Stephen A. Markey, III, Esquire (pro hac vice), and Amy M. Orsi, Esquire (pro hac vice), LAW OFFICES OF MARKEY AND ORSI, Towson, Maryland, Attorneys for the Bogel Plaintiffs.

Scott E. Chambers, Esquire , SCHMITTINGER AND RODRIGUEZ, Dover, Delaware; and Irwin R. Kramer, Esquire (pro hac vice), and James M. Connolly, Esquire (pro hac vice), KRAMER AND CONNOLLY, Reisterstown, Maryland, Attorneys for Plaintiff Wendy Gigler.

Daniel Bennett, Esquire , MINTZER, SAROWITZ, ZERIS, LEDVA AND MEYERS, LLP, Wilmington, Delaware, Attorney for the Defendants, Transit U, Inc., Jolly Trolley Transportation Services, LLC, David O. Hastings, Christine D. Hastings, David T. Hastings, and Thomas Dowd.

Jeffrey A. Young, Esquire , YOUNG AND MCNELIS, Dover, Delaware, Attorney for the Defendant, Jolly Trolley Limousine Service, LLC and Transit U, Inc.

Bruce W. McCullough, Esquire , BODELL BOVE LLC, Wilmington, Delaware; and Ronald P. Schiller, Esquire (pro hac vice), Matthew N. Klebanoff, Esquire (pro hac vice), and Thomas N. Brown, Esquire (pro hac vice), HANGLEY ARONCHICK SEGAL PUDLIN AND SCHILLER, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Attorneys for Intervenor Philadelphia Indemnity Insurance Company.

OPINION

This case arises from a 2016 accident on U.S. Route 1 Southbound, south of Dewey Beach, Delaware. When transporting thirty-one passengers to a wedding reception, a trailer marketed as the "Jolly Trolley" flipped and severely injured many of its passengers.

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