IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE MANUELA ORTIZ-QUINONES, § § No. 171, 2018 Plaintiff Below, § Appellant, § Court Below: Superior Court of the § State of Delaware v. § § C.A. No. N13C-10-196 CHRISTIANA CARE HEALTH § SERVICES, INC., a Delaware § Corporation, § § Defendant Below, § Appellee. § Submitted: August 10, 2018 Decided: November 5, 2018 Before STRINE, Chief Justice; VALIHURA and VAUGHN, Justices.

ORDER After careful consideration of the parties’ briefs and the record on appeal, we conclude that the Superior Court’s judgment should be affirmed on the basis of the court’s well-reasoned decision of March 8, 2018.* The Superior Court properly granted summary judgment as a matter of law to the defendant-below/appellee, Christiana Care Health Services, Inc., following the court’s determination that the plaintiff-below/appellant, Manuela Ortiz-Quinones, had failed to support an essential element of her medical negligence claim.

* 2018 WL 1225731 (Del. Super. Ct. Mar. 8, 2018).

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the judgment of the Superior Court is AFFIRMED.

BY THE COURT:

/s/ Karen L. Valihura Justice