by admin | May 15, 2021 | Civil Procedure, Civil Procedure Superior Court, Delaware
(a) Pretrial conferences; objectives. – In any action, the Court may in its discretion direct the attorneys for the parties and any unrepresented parties to appear before it for a conference or conferences before trial for such purposes as: (1) Expediting the...
by admin | May 15, 2021 | Civil Procedure, Civil Procedure Superior Court, Delaware
(a) Amendments. A party may amend the party’s pleading once as a matter of course at any time before a responsive pleading is served or, if the pleading is one to which no responsive pleading is permitted and the action has not been placed upon the trial...
by admin | May 15, 2021 | Civil Procedure, Civil Procedure Superior Court, Delaware
(a) When defendant may bring in third party. At any time after commencement of the action a defending party, as a third-party plaintiff, may cause a summons and complaint to be served upon a person not a party to the action who is or may be liable to the third-party...
by admin | May 15, 2021 | Civil Procedure, Civil Procedure Superior Court, Delaware
(a) Compulsory counterclaims. A pleading shall state as a counterclaim any claim which at the time of serving the pleading the pleader has against any opposing party, if it arises out of the transaction or occurrence that is the subject matter of the opposing...
by admin | May 15, 2021 | Civil Procedure, Civil Procedure Superior Court, Delaware
(a) When presented in actions other than certiorari, ditch returns, mechanics’ liens, appeals under Rule 3(c), and actions in which writs of attachment and capias are used. A defendant shall serve an answer within 20 days after service of process, complaint and...
by admin | May 15, 2021 | Civil Procedure, Civil Procedure Superior Court, Delaware
(a) Signature. Every pleading, motion, and other paper shall be signed by at least 1 attorney of record in the attorney’s individual name, or, if the party is not represented by an attorney, shall be signed by the party. Each paper shall state the signer’s...
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