Rule 124.Scope of rules

Rule 124 sets the boundary of Part XV. It governs actions subject to Summary Proceedings for Commercial Disputes in the Superior Court. Subsection (b) draws the eligibility line: the case has to fall within the Court's subject matter jurisdiction, can't involve a claim for personal, physical, or mental injury, and the amount in controversy — apart from interest and costs — has to exceed $100,000 as to at least one party. At least one party must be a Delaware citizen, corporation, or other business entity, and all parties have to consent, by written agreement or stipulation, to use this track. In exchange for speed, the parties give up two things: punitive damages and a jury trial.

Subsection (c) leaves room below that $100,000 floor. If judicial resources allow, the Court may, at its discretion, hear a smaller case under these rules — but only on written motion to the President Judge or the President Judge's designee. It isn't automatic.

Subsection (d) ties Rule 124 to the rest of the Superior Court Civil Rules: everything else in the ordinary rules still applies to a Summary Proceeding, except where Rules 124 through 131 say something different. Part XV reads less like a stand-alone code and more like a set of overrides layered onto the rules already in place.