Biggans v. Buchannan

Summary

The Delaware Superior Court granted Defendant Douglas T. Walsh’s motion to dismiss Kimberly Biggans’s pro se complaint under Superior Court Civil Rule 12(b)(6). The court held that the complaint failed to state any legally cognizable claim or provide a short and plain statement of the claim and requested relief.

Holdings

1. The complaint failed to state a claim because it asserted no legally cognizable cause of action in contract, tort, debt, or any other recognized theory under which relief could be granted.
2. The complaint did not satisfy Superior Court Civil Rule 8(a) because it contained neither a short and plain statement showing entitlement to relief nor a demand for judgment.

Questions Presented

1. Whether Biggans's complaint stated any legally cognizable claim sufficient to survive a motion to dismiss under Superior Court Civil Rule 12(b)(6).
2. Whether the complaint satisfied Delaware's notice-pleading and demand-for-relief requirements under Superior Court Civil Rule 8(a).

Disposition

dismissed