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  • Mendez-Garcia v. State of Delaware

    Publication Date: 2020-08-12
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Streett
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Isaac A. Rank, deputy attorney general for appellee.
    for defendant: Thomas A. Foley for appellant.
    Case Number: D69081

    The totality of the circumstances indicated that a police officer had probable cause to require a person to undergo an intoxilyzer test.

  • State of Delaware v. Harris

    Publication Date: 2020-08-12
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Karsnitz
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: N/A
    for defendant: Patrick Collins and Kimberly A. Price, Collins & Associates, Wilmington, DE, post-conviction counsel for defendant.
    Case Number: D69083

    A criminal defendant's petition for post-conviction relief did not raise any meritorious issues.

  • Smyre v. State of Delaware

    Publication Date: 2020-08-05
    Practice Area: Administrative Law
    Industry:
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Butler
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Heather A. Long, Kimmel Carter Roman Peltz & O’Neill, P.A., Newark, DE for claimant.
    for defendant: Benjamin K. Durstein, Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin, Wilmington, DE for employer.
    Case Number: D69060

    Claimant's motion for clarification did not relate to a substantive portion of an agency's ruling, so it did not toll the time for filing an appeal.

  • Fir Tree Value Master Fund, LP v. Jarden Corp.

    Publication Date: 2020-08-05
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Consumer Products | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Seitz
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael J. Barry, Kimberly A. Evans, Kelly L. Tucker, and Vivek Upadhya, Grant & Eisenhofer P.A., Wilmington, DE for appellants.
    for defendant: Srinivas M. Raju, Brock E. Czeschin, Robert L. Burns, Sarah A. Clark, and Matthew W. Murphy, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Michael J. McConnell, Ashley F. Heintz,, and Robert A. Watts, Jones Day, Atlanta, GA for appellee.
    Case Number: D69055

    Court could use unaffected stock price as fair value where court found other valuation methods unreliable, found issues with sale process, and found capture of synergies in merger.

  • Griffy v. USAA Cas. Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2020-07-29
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John S. Spadaro, John Sheehan Sparadro, LLC, Smyrna, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Lisa Z. Brown, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendant.
    Case Number: D69063

    Court dismissed claim where plaintiff was seeking a declaratory ruling on how an insurer would hypothetically pay out statutory interest on a claim for PIP benefits, meaning there was no live controversy between the parties.

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  • Smyre v. State of Delaware

    Publication Date: 2020-07-22
    Practice Area: Administrative Law
    Industry:
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Butler
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Heather A. Long, Kimmel Carter Roman Peltz & O’Neill, P.A., Newark, DE for claimant.
    for defendant: Benjamin K. Durstein, Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin, Wilmington, DE for employer.
    Case Number: D69060

    Claimant's motion for clarification did not relate to a substantive portion of an agency's ruling, so it did not toll the time for filing an appeal.

  • Fir Tree Value Master Fund, LP v. Jarden Corp.

    Publication Date: 2020-07-22
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Consumer Products | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Seitz
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael J. Barry, Kimberly A. Evans, Kelly L. Tucker, and Vivek Upadhya, Grant &Eisenhofer P.A., Wilmington, DE for appellants.
    for defendant: Srinivas M. Raju, Brock E. Czeschin, Robert L. Burns, Sarah A. Clark, and Matthew W. Murphy, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Michael J. McConnell, Ashley F. Heintz,, and Robert A. Watts, Jones Day, Atlanta, GA for appellee.
    Case Number: D69055

    Court could use unaffected stock price as fair value where court found other valuation methods unreliable, found issues with sale process, and found capture of synergies in merger.

  • GXP Capital, LLC v. Argonaut Mfg. Servs., Inc.

    Publication Date: 2020-07-15
    Practice Area: Intellectual Property
    Industry: Manufacturing | Pharmaceuticals
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Wallace
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David L. Finger, Finger &Slanina, LLC, Wilmington, DE; Benjamin M. Carson, Law Offices of Benjamin M. Carson, P.C., La Jolla, CAfor plaintiff.
    for defendant: John L. Reed and Harrison S. Carpenter, DLA Piper LLP (US), Wilmington, DE; Brian A. Foster, Noah A. Katsell, and Julie Gryce, DLA Piper LLP (US), San Diego, CA for defendants.
    Case Number: D69048

    Where the availability of an alternative forum for plaintiff's claims was a contingent matter, the court ordered a stay of the case in contemplation of litigation proceeding in another state, while leaving plaintiff with the ability to continue the case if no other forums were available.

  • Cuppels v. Mountaire Corp.

    Publication Date: 2020-07-15
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: Agriculture
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Karsnitz
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Chase T. Brockstedt, Baird Mandalas, Brockstedt, Lewes, DE; Philip C. Federico and Brent Ceryes, Schochor, Federico and Staton, P.A., Baltimore, MD for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: F. Michael Parkowski and Michael W. Teichman, Parkowski, Guerke & Swayze, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Lisa C. McLaughlin, Todd L. Goodman, John C. Phillips, Jr., Phillips, Goldman, McLaughlin & Hall, P.A., Wilmington, De; James R. Wedeking, Sidley Austin, LLP, Washington, DC for defendants.
    Case Number: D69047

    Court ordered sanctions where five discovery orders were required to get defendants to produce responsive documents, after defendants had engaged in redaction of responsive documents on the basis of relevance without any legal authority to engage in such redaction.

  • Ferrari v. Helmsman Mgmt. Servs., LLC

    Publication Date: 2020-07-08
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: Construction | Insurance
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Johnston
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John S. Spadaro, John Sheehan Spadaro, LLC, Smyrna, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Timothy J. O’Driscoll and Frederick P. Marczyk, Faegre, Drinker, Biddle & Reathe, LLP, Philadelphia, PA; Joseph C. Schoell, Faeger, Drinker, Biddle & Reathe, LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendant.
    Case Number: D69040

    Injured worker could assert bad faith delay and denial claims against third-party administrator of workers' compensation benefits where TPA voluntarily assumed control over the provision of the worker's benefits.