• Ashland LLC v. The Samuel J. Heyman 1981 Continuing Trust

    Publication Date: 2020-11-25
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Chemicals and Materials
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher Viceconte, Gibbons P.C., Wilmington, DE; William S. Hatfield, Camille V. Otero, Esquire, Jennifer A. Hradil, Joshua Elias, Gibbons P.C., Newark, NJ for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: William M. Lafferty, John P. DiTomo, Thomas P. Will, Miranda N. Gilbert, Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Andrew J. Rossman, Jonathan B. Oblak, Tyler G. Whitmer, Nicholas Hoy, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, New York, NY for defendants.

    Case Number: D69198

    Where the parties' contract contained no language clearly demonstrating that the parties intended to allow for fee-shifting in first-party claims, plaintiff's claim for indemnification of legal fees and costs against contractual counterparty failed.

  • Quaile v. TBC Corp.

    Publication Date: 2020-11-25
    Practice Area: Occupational Safety and Health
    Industry: Automotive
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Jurden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Adam F. Wasserman, Ciconte Scerba, LLC, Wilmington, DE for claimant.
    for defendant: Paul V. Tatlow, Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin, P.C., Wilmington, DE for employer.

    Case Number: D69204

    The Industrial Accident Board erred in requiring a claimant to prove an ongoing condition to recover per-manent impairment benefits, so the court reversed and remanded.

  • Donald M. Durkin Contracting., Inc. v. City of Newark

    Publication Date: 2020-11-25
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Construction | State and Local Government
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Streett
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul A. Logan for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Max B. Walton for defendant.

    Case Number: D69199

    Motion for sanctions and contractual indemnification denied where there was no evidence of vexatious or harassing litigation conduct and moving party failed to follow contractual obligation to submit a demand for indemnification.

  • State of Delaware v. Wright

    Publication Date: 2020-11-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Rocanelli
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: D69197

    In the interest of justice, the court concluded that defendant was entitled to the appointment of counsel to assist her in connection with her motion for postconviction relief.

  • Foraker v. Amazon.com, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2020-11-18
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: E-Commerce
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Rocanelli
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Craig T. Eliassen, Schmittinger and Rodriguez, P.A. for appellant.
    for defendant: John J. Ellis, James T. Betts, Heckler & Frabizzio P.A. for appellee.

    Case Number: D69191

    Industrial Accident Board erred in finding worker's present pain to be aggravation of preexisting injuries rather than due to a work-related injury where worker's testimony that he had no pain and sought no treatment for over two decades prior to his work accident went uncontradicted and IAB cited to no other record evidence to reject that uncontradicted testimony as not credible.

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  • Neylon v. Zabel

    Publication Date: 2020-11-18
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Jurden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James P. Hall, Phillips Goldman McLaughlin & Hall P.A., Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Gregory S. McKee, Katherine J. Sullivan, Wharton Levin Ehrmantrout & Klein, P.A., Wilmington, DE for de-fendants.

    Case Number: D69194

    Plaintiff's settlement agreement in a separate personal injury proceeding against another entity did not preclude her malpractice claims against defendants.

  • Reed v. BNSF Ry. Co.

    Publication Date: 2020-11-18
    Practice Area: Occupational Safety and Health
    Industry: Transportation
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: A. Dale Bowers, Law Office of A. Dale Bowers P.A., Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Maria R. Granuado Gesty, Burns White LLC, Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: D69195

    Factual issues regarding the parties' intent with respect to the scope of a release agreement precluded summary judgment.

  • Langston v. Exterior Pro Solutions, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2020-11-04
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Jurden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas E. Hanson, Jr., Barnes & Thornburg LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Victoria K. Petrone, Brian V. DeMott, Baird Mandalas Brockstedt LLC, Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: D69178

    A complaint and its accompanying documents together enabled the calculation of a sum certain for damag-es, so plaintiff was entitled to a default judgment in that amount.

  • State of Delaware v. Pumphrey

    Publication Date: 2020-11-04
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Karsnitz
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Amanda Nyman, Delaware Dep’t of Justice, Georgetown, DE for the state.
    for defendant: Patrick J. Collins, Collins & Assoc., Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: D69181

    The court denied defendant's motion for post-conviction relief because he failed to establish ineffective assistance of his trial counsel.

  • Torrent Pharma, Inc. v. Priority Healthcare Distrib., Inc.

    Publication Date: 2020-10-28
    Practice Area: Landlord Tenant Law
    Industry: Pharmaceuticals
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Butler
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael B. McCauley, Palmer Biezup & Henderson, LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Elizabeth Sloan, Brittany M. Giusani, Ballard Spahr, Wilmington, DE; Sarah B. Cole, Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin, Wilmington, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: D69172

    A genuine issue of material fact existed as to whether property damage resulted from tenant's failure to make repairs or because of landlord's failure to replace a mechanical system.