text:            IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE
  
  SABRA A. HORVAT,                            §
                                              §
        Plaintiff Below,                      §     No. 483, 2017
        Appellant,                            §
                                              §     Court Below: Superior Court
        v.                                    §     of the State of Delaware
                                              §
  THE STATE OF DELAWARE                       §     C.A. No. S16C-03-003-RFS
  OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT &                      §
  BUDGET, an agency of the State of           §
  Delaware, THE STATE OF                      §
  DELAWARE SUPERIOR COURT,                    §
  an entity of the State of Delaware,         §
  and THE STATE OF DELAWARE,                  §
                                              §
        Defendants Below,                     §
        Appellees.                            §
                                              §
  
                                Submitted: June 13, 2018
                                 Decided: June 15, 2018
  
  Before VAUGHN, SEITZ, and TRAYNOR, Justices.
  
                                        ORDER
  
        The appellant argues on appeal that the Superior Court erred in dismissing her
  
  tort claims. We disagree and affirm on the basis of the Superior Court’s opinion of
  
  October 30, 2017 determining that the defendants were protected by sovereign
  
  immunity.1 Because it is unnecessary, we do not reach the question of whether the
  
  
  
  1
   Horvat v. State Office of Mgmt. & Budget, C.A. No. S16C-03-003 RFS, 2017 WL 5068574
  (Del. Super. Oct. 30, 2017).
  appellant’s claims were also barred by the State Tort Claims Act or the so-called
  
  public duty doctrine.
  
        NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the judgment of the Superior
  
  Court is hereby AFFIRMED.
  
                                             BY THE COURT:
  
  
                                             /s/ James T. Vaughn, Jr.
                                                   Justice
  
  
  
  
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