Supreme Court of Delaware

In a suit involving plaintiff's injuries in a football practice and expired insurance coverage for a league, summary judgment for defendants is affirmed in part where a defendant, exclusively one insurer's agent, owed no duty to a football league because he merely acted as a messenger between the league and a general insurance agent. Summary judgment is reversed in part where there were genuine issues of disputed material fact as to whether the general agent acted reasonably when notifying the league that an insurer declined to issue it a policy, by allegedly sending a letter to the league's property's address rather than to its mailing address.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/15/2006
• Published 06/19/2006

Judges

• STEELE, Chief Justice:, Before STEELE, Chief Justice, HOLLAND and JACOBS, Justices.

Court

• Supreme Court of Delaware

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Philip M. Finestrauss, Philip M. Finestrauss, P.A., Wilmington, Delaware for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Stephen P. Casarino, Casarino, Christman & Shal, P.A., Wilmington, Delaware for appellees William C. Ungerer and W.C. Ungerer Insurance Agency., Paul Cottrell, Tighe, Cottrell & Logan, P.A., Wilmington, Delaware for appellees Michael T. Alpaugh and Michael T. Alpaugh Insurance Agency.