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  • Risper v. State of Delaware

    Publication Date: 2021-04-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Traynor
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew J. Vella, Delaware Dep’t of Justice, Wilmington, DE for the state.
    for defendant: Nicole M. Walker, Office of Public Defender, Wilmington, DE for defendant.
    Case Number: D69372

    The Delaware Supreme Court reversed and remanded this criminal proceeding where the state did not pro-vide exculpatory evidence until the eve of defendant's murder trial.

  • Lloyd v. State of Delaware

    Publication Date: 2021-04-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Seitz
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sean P. Lugg, Delaware Dep’t of Justice, Wilmington, DE for the state.
    for defendant: Megan J. Davies, Jan A.T. van Amerongen, Jr., Office of Conflicts Counsel, Wilmington, DE for defendant.
    Case Number: D69364

    The trial court did not err in denying defendant's motion to sever his case for trial in this criminal racket-eering matter.

  • Gala v. Bullock

    Publication Date: 2021-04-14
    Practice Area: Administrative Law
    Industry: Health Care | State and Local Government
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Valihura
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Benjamin A. Schwartz, Gwendolyn M. Osborn-Gustavson, Schwartz & Schwartz, Dover, DE for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia A. Davis, Deputy State Solicitor, Dover, DE for appellees.
    Case Number: D69360

    Medical board did not violate due process by deliberating disciplinary charges in executive session, and patient testimony that doctor provided prescriptions in exchange for sexual favors provided sufficient evidence to revoke licensure.

  • Hairston v. State

    Publication Date: 2021-04-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Traynor
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nicole M. Walker, Office of Public Defender, Wilmington, DE for appellant.
    for defendant: Brian L. Arban, Delaware Dep’t of Justice, Wilmington, DE for appellee.
    Case Number: D69351

    State was required to produce seizing and packaging officer upon timely demand from defendant and could not substitute another officer who witnessed the seizure and packaging of evidence as a means to authenticate evidence and establish the chain of custody.

  • Monzo v. Nationwide Property & Cas. Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2021-03-24
    Practice Area: Insurance Litigation
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Montgomery-Reeves
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eric J. Monzo, Morris James LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Louis J. Rizzo, Jr., Reger Rizzo & Darnall LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendant.
    Case Number: D69337

    Insurer was entitled to summary judgment on the issue of coverage for a collapsed pedestrian bridge, but factual issues existed regarding coverage for a damaged retaining wall.

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  • Swan v. State of Delaware

    Publication Date: 2021-03-17
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Montgomery-Reeve
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Williams, Delaware Dep’t of Justice, Dover, DE for the state.
    for defendant: Stamatios Stamoulis of Stamoulis & Weinblatt, LLC, Wilmington, DE for defendant.
    Case Number: D69332

    Defendant's motion for post-conviction relief was untimely and defendant did not demonstrate that any exception applied.

  • RSUI Indem. Co. v. Murdock

    Publication Date: 2021-03-17
    Practice Area: Insurance Litigation
    Industry: Food and Beverage | Insurance | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Traynor
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert J. Katzenstein, Kathleen M. Miller, Smith, Katzenstein & Jenkins LLP, Wilmington, DE; Robert P. Conlon, Kevin A. Lahm, Cassandra L. Jones, Walker Wilcox Matousek LLP, Chicago, IL for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Elena C. Norman, Mary F. Dugan, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Kirk A. Pasich, Pamela Woods, Christopher T. Pasich, Pasich LLP, Los Angeles, CA for defendants.
    Case Number: D69330

    Delaware public policy did not make fraudulent conduct by corporate directors and officers uninsurable, and a policy exclusion did not apply.

  • Chaverri v. Dole Food Co., Inc.

    Publication Date: 2021-03-10
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Agriculture | Chemicals and Materials
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Vaughn
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Scott M. Hendler, Rebecca Webber, Hendler Flores, PLLC, Austin, TX; Andrew C. Dalton, Dalton and Associates, P.A., Wilmington, DE for appellants.
    for defendant: Andrea E. Neuman, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, New York, NY, William E. Thomson, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Jennifer C. Wasson, Stephanie E. O’Byrne, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Boaz S. Morag, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, New York, NY; James W. Semple, Cooch and Taylor, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Adam V. Orlacchio, Brandon W. McCune, Blank Rome LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael L. Brem, Schirrmeister Diaz-Arrastia Brem LLP, Houston, TX; Ryan D. Stottman, Barnaby Grzaslewicz, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Craig Stanfield, King & Spalding LLP, Houston, TX; Kelly E. Farnan, Richards Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Timothy Jay Houseal, Jennifer M. Kinkus, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor LLP, Wilmington, DE; John C. Phillips, Jr., Phillips, Goldman & Spence, P.A., Wilmington, DE for appellees.
    Case Number: D69319

    Superior court did not abuse discretion in denying motion to vacate dismissal based on after-decided federal cases where differences between the federal first-filed rule and Delaware's first-filed rule meant the superior court could handle plaintiffs' second-filed action differently than it might be handled under the federal rule.

  • GI Assoc. of Delaware, P.A. v. Anderson

    Publication Date: 2021-03-03
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Vaughn
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Timothy E. Lengkeek, Natalie Wolf, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Bradley J. Goewert, Lorenza A. Wolhar, Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin, Wilmington, DE for defendants.
    Case Number: D69313

    The Delaware Supreme Court rejected the continuous negligent medical treatment doctrine in this case, and remanded for factual findings involving the statute of limitations.

  • Meso Scale Diagnostics, LLC v. Roche Diagnostics GMBH

    Publication Date: 2021-02-24
    Practice Area: Judges
    Industry: Biotechnology | Manufacturing
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David L. Finger, Finger & Slanina, Wilmington, DE; William S. Consovoy, J. Michael Connolly, Consovoy McCarthy PLLC, Arlington, VA; Patrick Strawbridge, Consovoy McCarthy PLLC, Boston, MA for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Matthew E. Fischer, Timothy R. Dudderar, J. Matthew Belger, Andrew H. Sauder, Potter Anderson & Cor-roon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Thomas L. Shriner, Jr., James T. McKeown, Foley & Lardner LLP, Milwaukee, WI for defendants.
    Case Number: D69306

    The Delaware Supreme Court affirmed a ruling which denied plaintiffs' request to reopen a judgment, be-cause a judge's failure to recuse himself did not render the judgment void and plaintiff failed to demonstrate extraordinary circumstances.