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  • Athene Life & Annuity Co. v. Am. Gen. Life Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2020-06-03
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Insurance | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Wallace
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Martin S. Lessner, Richard J. Thomas, and M. Paige Valeski, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE; James P. Gillespie and Dustin Hillsley, Kirkland& Ellis LLP, New York, NY; Adam T. Humann, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Washington, DC for plaintiff Athene. Brian C. Ralston, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiffs American Investors and Indianapolis Life.
    for defendant: Kenneth J. Nachbar and Sabrina M. Hendershot, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendant American Life. Joel Friedlander and Christopher P. Quinn, Friedlander & Gorris, P.A, Wilmington, DE; John L. Jacobus, J. Walker Johnson, Catherine D. Cockerham, and William Carson, Steptoe & Johnson LLP, Washington, DC; Jeffrey B. Korn and Stuart R. Lombardi, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, Washington, DC; Joseph G. Davis, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, New York, NY for defendants ZC Resource Investment Trust and ZC Resource LLC.
    Case Number: D68999

    Breach of contract and tortious interference claims arising from alleged rights to surrender or reallocation value from corporate-owned life insurance policies were dismissed as unripe where the policyholder had made no effort to surrender or reallocate.

  • Fowler v. Pratcher Krayer, LLC

    Publication Date: 2020-06-03
    Practice Area: Attorney Rates and Arrangements
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Streett
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stanford Fowler, pro se plaintiff.
    for defendant: Samuel D. Pratcher, III for defendant.
    Case Number: D69001

    Under the terms of a retainer agreement, a law firm was entitled to one-third of the entire settlement.

  • Guy v. City of Wilmington

    Publication Date: 2020-06-03
    Practice Area: Government
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge LeGrow
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Samuel L. Guy, The Law Office of Samuel L. Guy, Wilmington, DE for petitioner.
    for defendant: Daniel A. Griffith and Kaan Ekiner, Whiteford Taylor Preston LLC , Wilmington, DE for respondent.
    Case Number: D69003

    Although a dispute about the validity of city council votes constituted a justiciable controversy, a rule re-quiring a supermajority vote for certain amendments did not violate the city charter.

  • State of Delaware, Dep't of Transp. v. Pearson

    Publication Date: 2020-06-03
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Jurden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin R. Slattery, Delaware Dep’t of Justice, Wilmington, DE for the state.
    for defendant: Lance Green, O’Donoghue and O’Donoghue, LLP, New Castle, DE for employees.
    Case Number: D69004

    Two employees were entitled to differential pay when they worked additional night shifts at the request of the agency.

  • Fansler v. N. Am. Title Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2020-05-27
    Practice Area: Business Torts
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: D68993

    Factual issues remained regarding the statute of limitations, so the court denied that aspect of defendant's motion for summary judgment.

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  • The Am. Bottling Co. v. Repole

    Publication Date: 2020-05-27
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Food and Beverage
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge LeGrow
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Garrett B. Moritz and Anne M. Steadman, Ross Aronstam& Moritz LLP, Wilmington, DE; Robert C. Walters, Russell H. Falconer, and Megan Z. Hulce, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Dallas, TX for plaintiff.
    for defendant: A. Thompson Bayliss and Daniel J. McBride, Abrams & Bayliss LLP, Wilmington, DE; David H. Bernstein, Jyotin Hamid, Jared I. Kaga, and Matthew J. Patrozziello, Debevois& Plimpton LLP, New York, NY for defendants.
    Case Number: D68991

    Attorney-client privilege waived for communications disclosed to counterparty in merger transaction where the merger parties' shared interests were commercial rather than legal in nature.

  • Wilant v. BNSF Ry. Co.

    Publication Date: 2020-05-27
    Practice Area: Occupational Safety and Health
    Industry: Transportation
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Butler
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: A. Dale Bowers, II, Law Office of A. Dale Bowers, Wilmington, DE; Shawn A. Ricci and Luke T. Pepper, Bern Cappelli, LLC, Conshohocken, PA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Maria R. Granaudo Gesty, Burns White, LLC, Wilmington, DE; S. Camile Reifers, Boyle Brasher, LLC , Memphis, TN for defendant.
    Case Number: D68997

    The court granted a motion to exclude the testimony of plaintiff's causation expert.

  • First State Orthopaedics v. Employers Ins. Co. of Wausau

    Publication Date: 2020-05-27
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Health Care | Insurance
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Karsnitz
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John S. Spandaro, John Sheehan Spadaro, LLC, Smyrna, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Kevin J. Connors, Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin, Wilmington, DE; D. Andrew Hatchett, Tiffany Powers and Robert Poole, Alston & Bird, Atlanta, GA for defendants.
    Case Number: D68994

    Defendants' voluntary cessation of a business practice did not cause the parties' controversy to become moot, because defendants left open the possibility of returning to that practice in the future.

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

    Publication Date: 2020-05-20
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Manufacturing
    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, La Jolla, CA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: John L. Reed, Harrison S. Carpenter, of 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: D68985

    Defendants were entitled to relief based on forum non conveniens, but instead of dismissal, the court imposed a stay.

  • Setya v. Petitto

    Publication Date: 2020-05-20
    Practice Area: Motor Vehicle Torts
    Industry:
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Rocanelli
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sean P. Gambogi, Kimmel, Carter, Roman, Peltz & O’Neill, Newark, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Matthew R. Hindley, Reger, Rizzo & Darnall, LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendant.
    Case Number: D68988

    The court denied motions to exclude reference to plaintiff's gross earnings and to prevent plaintiff's experts from testifying, but limited the scope of the experts' testimony.