• Clark v. State

    Publication Date: 2020-01-29
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Traynor
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher S. Koyste, Wilmington, DE for appellant.
    for defendant: Abby L. Adams, Department of Justice, Wilmington, DE for appellee.

    Case Number: D68856

    Judgment of acquittal on second-degree attempted assault conviction as lesser-included offense of first-degree murder properly denied where evidence at trial was sufficient to find that defendant, who intended to assault a completely different victim, intended to cause serious bodily injury where he attempted to find the intended victim in a rage, recruited two associates, and armed himself with a firearm.

  • BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust v. Saba Capital Master Fund

    Publication Date: 2020-01-29
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Valihura
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William M. Lafferty, D. McKinley Measley, and Thomas P. Will, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Tariq Mundiya, Sameer Advani, Alexander L. Cheney, and Brittany M. Wagonheim, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, New York, NY for appellants.
    for defendant: Carmella P. Keener, Rosenthal, Monhait & Goddess, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Carol S. Shahmoon and Gregory E. Keller, Shahmoon Keller PLLC, New York, NY for appellee.

    Case Number: D68855

    Stockholder presenting dissident slate of board nominees was not entitled to injunctive relief where, although trusts' requests for additional information was overbroad, the stockholder's failure to timely respond as required by the bylaws precluded its entitlement to relief.

  • McElrath v. Kalanick

    Publication Date: 2020-01-29
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: Transportation
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Seitz
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael J. Barry, John C. Kairis and Kimberly A. Evans, Grant & Eisenhofer P.A., Wilmington, DE; Jeffrey Reeves, Atlanta, GA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: R. Judson Scaggs, Jr., Susan W. Waesco and Sabrina M. Hendershot, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Susan S. Muck, Kevin P. Muck and Marie C. Bafus, Fenwick & West LLP, San Francisco, CA for defendants Camp, Graves, Huffington, Al-Rumayyan, Gurley and Bonderman. Donald J. Wolfe, Jr., T. Brad Davey, J. Matthew Belger and Jacob R. Kirkham of Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Joseph G. Petrosinelli and Kenneth J. Brown, Williams & Connolly LLP, Washington, DC for defendant Kalanick. A. Thompson Bayliss and Michael A. Barlow, Abrams & Bayliss LLP, Wilmington, DE; Mark Gimbel, C. William Phillips and Bryant Pulsipher, Covington & Burling, LLP, New York, NY and San Francisco, CA for nominal defendant Uber Tech., Inc.

    Case Number: D68860

    The majority of a corporation's board of directors was disinterested in a transaction, so the court properly dismissed this matter due to the stockholder's failure to make a demand on the board prior to filing this litigation.

  • Delaware Bd. of Med. Licensure & Discipline v. Grossinger

    Publication Date: 2020-01-22
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Traynor
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patricia A. Davis and Zoe Plerhoples, Department of Justice, Wilmington, DE for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul A. Logan, Post & Schell, P.C. Wilmington, DE; James J. Kutz, Harrisburg, PA for appellee.

    Case Number: D68848

    Reversal of disciplinary charges against physician overturned where state board not required to obtain expert testimony to establish standard of care under regulations, and where regulations were not vague as-applied since physician failed to make any effort at compliance.

  • Imbragulio v. Unemployment Ins. Appeals Bd.

    Publication Date: 2019-12-18
    Practice Area: Administrative Law | Civil Procedure
    Industry: Distribution and Wholesale
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Traynor
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Elizabeth Imbragulio, pro se appellant.
    for defendant: Tasha Marie Stevens, Fuqua, Willard, Stevens & Schab, P.A., Georgetown, DE for appellee.

    Case Number: D68808

    Superior court rules governing timeliness of appeals did not apply until the superior court obtained jurisdiction by the appealing party's compliance with the statutes conferring jurisdiction upon the superior court.

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  • Christiana Care Health Servs. Inc. v. Carter

    Publication Date: 2019-12-18
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Vaughn
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard Galperin, Joshua H. Meyeroff, and Ryan T. Keating, Morris James LLP for appellant.
    for defendant: Leroy A. Tice, Leroy A. Tice, Esquire P.A. for appellees.

    Case Number: D68806

    Release of claims against agent that served to extinguish the agent's pro rata share of responsibility of the principal's damages effectively released the principal from a vicarious liability claim even when the principal was not party to the release.

  • Powell v. OTAC

    Publication Date: 2019-12-18
    Practice Area: Administrative Law
    Industry: Food and Beverage
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Valihura
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Walt F. Schmittinger and Candace E. Holmes, Schmittinger and Rodriguez, P.A., Dover, DE for claimant.
    for defendant: Andrew M. Lukashunas, Tybout, Redfearn & Pell, Wilmington, DE for employer.

    Case Number: D68812

    Substantial evidence supported the finding by the Industrial Accident Board that a claimant was not entitled to workers' compensation benefits.

  • Ford Motor Co. v. Knecht

    Publication Date: 2019-12-18
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Automotive | Chemicals and Materials | Manufacturing
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Vaughn
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christian J. Singewald and Rochelle L. Gumapac, White and Williams, LLP, Wilmington, DE, Jessica L. Ellsworth, Hogan Lovells US LLP, Washington, DC for appellant.
    for defendant: Adam Balick and Patrick J. Smith, Balick & Balick, LLP; Bartholomew J. Dalton, Ipek K. Medford, Andrew C. Dalton, and Michael C. Dalton, Dalton & Associates, P.A., Wilmington, DE for appellee.

    Case Number: D68807

    Trial court erred in denying new trial/remittitur motion on excessive verdict motions when it focused on defendant's share of damages rather than the entire compensatory damages verdict.

  • Whitmore v. Robinson

    Publication Date: 2019-12-18
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Vaughn
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Timothy J. Snyder and Curtis J. Crowther, Young Conoway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE for father.
    for defendant: Andrew W. Gonser, Gonser & Gonser, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Achille C. Scache, Delcollo, Werb & Gagne, Wilmington, DE for mother.

    Case Number: D68814

    The family court improperly incorporated the factor of "necessary care" from another statute in terminating a father's paren-tal rights.

  • In re Verizon Ins. Coverage Appeals

    Publication Date: 2019-11-13
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Insurance | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Seitz
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robin L. Cohen, Keith McKenna and Michelle R. Migdon, McKool Smith P.C., Washington, DC for plaintiffs Verizon Commu-nications Inc, Verizon Fin. Serv. and GTE Corp.
    for defendant: Kurt M Heyman and Aaron M. Nelson, Heyman, Enerio, Gattuso & Hirzel LLP, Wilmington, DE; Scott B. Schreiber, James W. Thomas, Jr., William C. Perdue and Robert Reeves Anderson, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, Washington, DC and Den-ver, CO for defendants Illinois Nat’l Ins. Co. and Nat’l Union Fire Ins. Co. Bruce W. McCullough of Bodell Bové, LLC, Wilming-ton, DE; Ronald P. Schiller, Daniel J. Layden and Jason A. Levine, Hangley, Aronchick, Segal, Pudlin & Schiller, Philadelphia, PA for defendant Zurich American Ins. Co. John C. Phillips, Jr and David A. Bilson, Phillips, Goldman, McLaughlin & Hall, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Joseph A. Bailey III, Clyde & Co. US LLP, Washington, DC for defendant U.S. Specialty Ins. Co. Jennifer C. Wasson and Carla M. Jones of Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE

    Case Number: D68772

    An insured was not entitled to recover defense costs from the insurers, because the litigation in question did not include any "securities claims" as defined by the policies.