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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE

| PATRICK SWIER, M.D. and | § | | :--: | :--: | | PATRICK SWIER, M.D., P.A., | § | | | § No. 332, 2016 | | Defendant Below, | § | | Appellants, | § | | | § Court Below - Superior Court | | v. | § of the State of Delaware | | | § | | PATRICIA A. MCLEOD, | § | | | § C.A. No. S12C-07-004 | | Plaintiff Below, | § | | Appellee. | § |

Submitted: February 15, 2017 Decided: February 23, 2017 Before STRINE, Chief Justice; HOLLAND and VAUGHN, Justices.

ORDER

This ${23}^{\text{rd}}$ day of February 2017, the Court having considered this matter after oral argument and on the briefs filed by the parties has determined that the final judgment of the Superior Court should be affirmed on the basis of and for the reasons assigned by the Superior Court in its opinion dated January 27, 2016.

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the judgment of the Superior Court be, and the same hereby is, AFFIRMED.

BY THE COURT: