Stop & Shop Companies, Inc. v. Gonzales

WALSH, Justice:

In this interlocutory appeal, we granted review of a Superior Court ruling that a self-insurer is required, under 18 Del.C. § 3914, to give notice of the statute of limitations to a third-party claimant. We conclude that the notice requirement is clearly within the contemplation of the statute and, accordingly, affirm.

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The factual basis for the Superior Court’s decision was essentially undisputed. The plaintiff-appellee, Suzanne Quin-lan Gonzales (“plaintiff”), filed her complaint in the Superior Court on December 14, 1990, seeking recovery for personal injuries sustained in a…