Schagrin Gas Co. v. Evans

This an appeal from a decision of the Superior Court reversing an order of the Industrial Accident Board. That order stayed proceedings in Delaware on the employee’s claim for workmen’s compensation benefits until a claim he had filed in Maryland, based on the same accident as involved in the Delaware case, should reach a final determination. The Superior Court accepted the appeal and reached a determination on the merits that under 19 Del.C § 2303(b) a stay of a Delaware action based merely upon the pendency of proceedings in another state is contrary to legislative policy. The employer…