Thomas J. Sherman v. Yul D. Ejnes

OPINION

Justice FLAHERTY,

for the Court.

This case came before the Supreme Court pursuant to a writ of certiorari filed by the plaintiff, Thomas J. Sherman, seeking review of a Superior Court order that severed his claim for exemplary damages 1 and stayed discovery on that issue pending a determination on liability. On March 3, 2015, the parties appeared for oral argument pursuant to an order directing them to show cause why the issues in this petition should not be summarily decided. After hearing the arguments of the parties and examining the memoranda that they submitted, we are of the…