BEATTIE v. BEATTIE


630 A.2d 1096 (1993)

Margaret S. BEATTIE, Plaintiff Below, Appellant, v. Michael C. BEATTIE, Defendant Below, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided: July 29, 1993.

Corrected: September 21, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John G. Mulford (argued), and Richard L. Abbott, Theisen, Lank Mulford & Goldberg, P.A., Wilmington, for appellant.

Susan L. Parker (argued), and Kathleen M. Miller, Smith, Katzenstein & Furlow, Wilmington, for appellee.

James J. Woods, Jr. (argued), Wilmington, amicus curiae on behalf of the Delaware Trial Lawyers Ass'n.

Barbara J. Gadbois (argued), Wilmington, amicus curiae on behalf of the Women and the Law Section of the Delaware State Bar Ass'n.

Wayne A. Marvel (argued), Wilmington, amicus curiae on behalf of the Defense Counsel of Delaware.

Before VEASEY, C.J., HORSEY, MOORE, WALSH and HOLLAND, JJ., constituting the Court en Banc.


VEASEY, Chief Justice:

In this case we review a decision of the Superior Court granting defendant husband's motion for summary judgment in a negligence action initiated by his plaintiff wife. She is seeking damages for paralyzing injuries she sustained in an automobile accident where her husband was the driver. The trial court properly followed the prior precedents of this Court and relied on the common law doctrine of interspousal...

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