David Matusiewicz1 and Christine Belford were married from 2001 to 2006, during which time they had three children, L.M.1, L.M.2, and K.M.1 (the “children”). The couple and their children also lived with Belford’s one child from a previous marriage, K.M.2.2 After their divorce, Belford and David engaged in a bitter custody dispute, during which David accused Belford of being an unfit mother and ... More...    $0 (09-09-2018 - DE)

A Superior Court jury found defendant-appellant Eddie Porter responsible for an automobile accident in Newark and awarded plaintiff-appellee Robert Turner $538,000 compensatory damages and $107,000 punitive damages. Porter argues that a Superior Court judge erred when he (1) denied Porter' s motion for a directed verdict on punitive damages, (2) admitted Turner's economist's lost income and f... More...    $538000 (06-24-2008 - DE)

2 The plaintiffs, Harold and Stephanie Goodridge sued Hyster Company, NACCO Materials Handling Group, Inc., Modern Group, Ltd. and Modern Handling Equipment Co. to recover damages resulting from an injury sustained in a forklift accident at Harold's workplace.1 Defendants successfully moved in limine to bar the expert testimony of plaintiffs' only identified expert witness. The trial judg... More...    $0 (04-05-2004 - DE)

In this appeal we address for the first time whether biomechanical expert testimony may be admitted in Delaware courts to address the relationship between the physical forces involved in an automobile accident and the cause and severity of an occupant's alleged injuries. In doing so, we take the opportunity to address and clarify Davis v. Maute,1 in an attempt to provide guidance to Delaw... More...    $580000 (02-16-2004 - DE)

In this appeal from the Superior Court, we address the standards which govern a trial judge's questioning of an expert witness before a jury. The appellant contends that the trial judge's obvious hostility to the witness and the subsequent exclusion, in part, of the expert's testimony prejudiced the standing of the expert in the estimation of the jury. We agree and accordingly reverse and rema... More...    $0 (02-14-2002 - DE)