Phillips v. Liberty Mutual Insurance

WOLCOTT, Chief Justice.

Appellee has moved to dismiss this appeal from an interlocutory order of the Vice Chancellor on the ground that the order is not appealable.

Appeals from an interlocutory order will be allowed only if the order áppealed from determines substantial legal issues and establishes rights. Wilmington Trust Co. v. Pennsylvania Co., 40 Del.Ch. 1, 172 A.2d 63. The motion to dismiss, therefore, raises the question of whether or not the order appealed from decides any substantial legal issue, or is merely an order designed to forward the cause procedurally. American Insurance Co.…