Legal Opinion

State v. Interstate Amiesite Corporation

Supreme Court of Delaware

Decided September 20, 1972PublishedCited by 29 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WOLCOTT, Chief Justice:

This is an appeal by the State Highway Department (the State) from a post-trial ruling of the Superior Court denying it indemnification from Interstate Amiesite Corporation, a codefendant, (Amiesite) for that percentage of the verdict assessed by the jury against the State.

This was an action brought for personal injuries by several persons, passengers in two automobiles suffering a head-on collision on Delaware Route 24 at a point where road repairs were taking place. The defendants were the driver of one of the cars which struck a pothole in his lane of traffic which…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Blum v. KauffmanSupreme Court of Delaware · 1972
  2. Hollingsworth v. Chrysler CorporationSuperior Court of Delaware · 1965
  3. Bar Steel Construction Corp. v. ReadSupreme Court of Delaware · 1971
  4. Wenke v. Amoco Chemicals CorporationSuperior Court of Delaware · 1972

3Cited by29 opinions

  1. Eagle Industries, Inc. v. DeVilbiss Health Care, Inc.Supreme Court of Delaware · 1997
  2. Precision Air, Inc. v. Standard Chlorine of Delaware, Inc.Supreme Court of Delaware · 1995
  3. Indiana State Highway Commission v. ThomasIndiana Court of Appeals · 1976
  4. Riverbend Community, LLC v. Green Stone Engineering, LLCSupreme Court of Delaware · 2012
  5. J. A. Jones Construction Co. v. City of DoverSuperior Court of Delaware · 1977

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