Legal Opinion

Keener v. Isken

Supreme Court of Delaware

Decided January 2, 2013No. 609, 2011PublishedCited by 27 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BERGER, Justice:

In this appeal, we consider whether the Superior Court abused its discretion in refusing to reopen a summary judgment entered against appellants after they missed the deadline for filing a response to appellees’ motion. Appellants mistakenly believed that they had 20 additional days to respond because appellees filed supplemental materials two weeks after filing their motion. The trial court apparently accepted the fact that appellants had made a mistake, but refused to reopen the case because appellants were unable to justify their mistake. We conclude that the trial court…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Dishmon v. FucciSupreme Court of Delaware · 2011
  2. Tsipouras v. TsipourasSupreme Court of Delaware · 1996
  3. Adams v. AidooSupreme Court of Delaware · 2013
  4. Hill v. DuShuttleSupreme Court of Delaware · 2013

3Cited by27 opinions

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