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Monica A. Horton

Associate
1220 N. Market Street
5th Floor
Wilmington, DE 19801
(302) 552-4377
(302) 651-7905 - Fax
mahorton@mdwcg.com

Monica is an associate in the firm's Health Care Liability Practice Group where she primarily concentrates her practice in the area of medical malpractice defense. She joined Marshall Dennehey in 2009 and is licensed to practice in the state of Delaware, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the United States District Court for the District of Delaware.

Monica earned her juris doctor from Temple University Beasley School of Law in 2007. She was an associate editor on the Temple International and Comparative Law Journal, participated in Temple's Integrated Trial Advocacy Program and studied abroad in Rome, Italy.

Monica is also a graduate of the University of Delaware, with a Bachelors degree in biology and nursing. Prior to July 2009, Monica was a registered nurse in the labor and delivery department at Christiana Care Health Services. She maintains an active nursing license in the state of Delaware.

Prior to joining the firm, Monica served two terms as a judicial law clerk for the Hon. Arlene Minus Coppadge and the Hon. Robert B. Coonin in the Family Court for the state of Delaware.

Areas of Practice

Education

  • Temple University James E. Beasley School of Law, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2007 J.D.

    Law Journal: Temple International and Comparative Law Journal, associate editor, 2006-2007; staff member, 2005-2006

  • University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, 2000 B.S.N., Nursing

  • University of Delaware, Newark Delaware, 1997 B.A.

    Major: Biology

Past Employment Positions

  • Family Court for the State of Delaware, 2007-2009, judicial law clerk

  • Family Court for the State of Delaware, summer 2006, legal intern

  • Christiana Care Health Services, 2000-2009, registered nurse, labor and delivery

Law Alerts • January 1, 2012
Upon finding that a doctor who referred a patient to a specialist had no duty to the patient after the referral, the Delaware Supreme Court affirmed the trial court's grant of summary judgment to a defendant. In this medical malpractice action,..., Case Law Alert -1st Qtr 2012
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Law Alerts • July 1, 2011
The plaintiffs brought this medical negligence action based on a claim of lack of informed consent. After the jury returned a verdict for the defendant due to the plaintiffs' failure to prove causation, the plaintiffs filed an appeal. Under Delaware..., Case Law Alert - 3rd Qtr 2011
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Law Alerts • January 1, 2011
Where the plaintiffs had effectively tolled an extension to the statute of limitations period by 90 days, despite a failure to satisfy a "special rule of pleading," the Delaware Supreme Court reversed and remanded the trial court's denial of the..., Case Law Alert - 1st Qtr 2011
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Areas of Practice

Education

  • Temple University Beasley School of Law (J.D., 2007)
  • University of Delaware (B.A., 1997; B.S.N., 2000)

Bar Admissions

  • Pennsylvania, 2007
  • Delaware, 2008
  • District Court District of Delaware, 2009

Year Joined Organization: 2009

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