Ramirez v. Murdick

RIDGELY, Justice:

Plaintiff-Appellant Hermilo Ramirez filed a Huffman claim 1 seeking liquidated damages, attorneys’ fees and costs for the late payment of Worker’s Compensation benefits. He appeals the Superior Court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of the Defendants-Appellees, Jeremy Murdick, M & A Construction, Inc. and M & A Construction (the “Employer”). The Superior Court determined that the remedies under 19 Del. C. § 2357 did not apply because the default in payment was less than thirty days from when the benefits were due to be paid.

Ramirez makes two arguments on appeal. First, he…