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  • Santo v. Genesis Healthcare, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-05-30
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Primos
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ronald G. Poliquin, The Poliquin Firm, LLC, Dover, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Geoffrey G. Grivner, Kody M. Sparks, Andrew G. Hope, Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney, P.C., Wilmington, DE; Joshua T. Calo, Buchanan, Ingersoll & Roonery, P.C., Pittsburgh, PA for defendant.
    Case Number: K22C-07-014 NEP

    Nursing home was not entitled to PREP Act immunity for resident's death from COVID-19 where complaint alleged ordinary acts of negligence that led to the resident's death and did not necessarily implicate the administration or use of "covered countermeasures" as a cause of or contributing factor to the resident's death.

  • Consolidated, LLC v. GFP Cement Contractors, LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-05-30
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Butler
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin S. Mann, Christopher P. Simon, Cross & Simon, LLC, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Krista M. Reale, Tara D. McManamy, Margolis Edelstein, Wilmington, DE for defendant.
    Case Number: N22C-06-084 CEB

    Subcontractor had express contractual obligation to indemnify general contractor pursuant to the parties' contract after the subcontractor's subcontracted materials supplier damaged the site owner's property and the site owner obtained financial recovery from the general contractor.

  • Nat'l Amusements, Inc. v. Endurance Am. Specialty Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2023-05-16
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry:
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge LeGrow
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Fischer, Jennifer Wasson, Jacqueline Rogers, Carla Jones, Potter Anderson & Corroon, LLP, Wilmington, DE; David B. Godwin, Covington & Burling LLP, San Francisco, CA; Neema Sahni, Covington & Burling LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Mitchell F. Dolin, Jad H. Khazen, Covington & Burling LLP, Washington, DC for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Michael Busenkell, Gellert Scali Busenkell & Brown LLC, Wilmington, DE; Manuel Mungia, Jr., Matthew E. Pepping, and Chad W. Scheiber, Chasnoff Mungia Valkenaar Peppeing & Stribling LLP, San Antonio, TX; Carmella P. Keener, Cooch and Taylor, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Ronald P. Schiller, Daniel J. Layden, Isabel C. Naviera Lopez, Hangley Aronchik Segal Pudlin & Schiller, Philadelphia, PA; Christopher B. Chuff, Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP, Wilmington, DE; Kevin F. Kieffer, Ryan C. Tuley, Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP, Irvine CA; Ciaran B. Way, Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP, Philadelphia, PA; Kurt M. Heyman, Aaron M. Nelson, Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel LLP, Wilmington, DE; Scott B. Schreiber,d Arthur Luk, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, Washington, DC for defendants.
    Case Number: N22C-06-018 AML CCLD

    Court denied insureds' motion to dismiss counterclaim asserting applicability of interrelated claims exclusion in D&O liability policy as the record was insufficient to conclusively determine that present underlying litigation was in no way related to prior litigation against insureds.

  • Soares v. Cont'l Motors, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-05-16
    Practice Area: Products Liability
    Industry: Aerospace | Manufacturing
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Primos
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Philip T. Edwards, Murphy & Landon, Wilmington, DE; Ricardo M. Martinez-Cid, Lea P. Bucciero, Podhurst Orseck, P.A., Miami, FL for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Andrea S. Brooks, Wilks Law, LLC, Wilmington, DE; John S. Bagby, Jr., Bagby & Associates, LLC, Paoli, PA for defendants.
    Case Number: K19C-12-028 NEP

    Court declined to dismiss spouse's noneconomic damages claim arising from fatal plane crash in Brazil where location of proof and unavailability of witnesses for compulsory process did not create an overwhelming hardship and the parties had already litigated the present case for over three years.

  • DRIT LP v. Glaxo Group Ltd.

    Publication Date: 2023-05-09
    Practice Area: Intellectual Property
    Industry: Pharmaceuticals
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Carpenter
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gregory P. Williams, Chad M. Shandler, Nicole K. Pedi, Richards, Layton & Finger P.A., Wilmington, DE; Keith R. Hummel, Karin A. DeMasi, Adam I. Rich, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, New York, NY for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Philip A. Rovner, Jonathan A. Choa, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Matthew M. Wolf, John E. Nilsson, Soumitra Deka, Bridgette Boyd, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, Washington, DC for defendants.
    Case Number: N16C-07-218 WCC CCLD

    Statutory disclaimer was effective once patent holder submitted disclaimer form authorizing payment of the filing fee to the patent holder's deposit account with the PTO.

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  • Harman Int'l Indus. Inc. v. Illinois Nat'l Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2023-05-09
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Electronics | Insurance | Manufacturing
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Wallace
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jennifer C. Wasson, Carla M. Jones, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Robin L. Cohen, Lorrie A. Levy, Cohen Ziffer Frenchman & McKenna LLP, New York, NY for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Kurt M. Heyman, Aaron M. Nelson, Kelly E. Rowe, Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel LLP, Wilmington, DE; Alexander S. Lorenzo, Alston & Bird LLP, New York, NY: Robert J. Katzenstein, Smith, Katzenstein & Jenkins LLP, Wilmington, DE; Neal M. Glazer, London Fischer LLP, New York, NY; Cara T. Duffield, Wiley Rein LLP, Washington, DC for defendants.
    Case Number: N22C-05-098 PRW CCLD

    Court declined to resolve directors and officers policy coverage dispute via motion where the record was insufficient to determine whether underlying transaction and resulting securities lawsuit settlement fell within the scope of the D&O policy's exclusion.

  • Pascal Metrics, Inc v. Health Catalyst, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-05-02
    Practice Area: Trade Secrets
    Industry: Software
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Johnston
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian E. Farnan, Michael J. Farnan, Farnan, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Max L. Tribble, Jr., Rocco F. Magni, Sylvanus Polky, Scarlett Collings, Susman Godfrey L.L.P., Houston, TX; Kalpana Sriivasan, Susman Godfrey L.L.P., Los Angeles, CA; Komal Patel, Dinis Cheian, Susman Godfrey L.L.P., New York, NY for plaintiff.
    for defendant: F. Troupe Mickler IV, Randall J. Teti, Ashby & Geddes, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Gregory M. Saylin, Tyson C. Horrocks, Cory A. Talbot, Eric G. Maxfield, Doyle Byers, Holland & Hart LLP, Salt Lake City, UT for defendant.
    Case Number: N22C-01-175 MMJ CCLD

    Similarities between competitor's webinars and white papers and plaintiff's internal design documents, even after plaintiff's employees left to work for the competitor, were insufficient to create a significant red flag to put plaintiff on inquiry notice as to its misappropriation of trade secrets claim.

  • Suter v. Taylor

    Publication Date: 2023-05-02
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Butler
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph J. Rhoades, Stephen T. Morrow, Rhoades & Morrow LLC, Wilmington, DE for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Sarah A. Fruehauf, Deputy Attorney General, Wilmington, DE for defendant.
    Case Number: N22C-06-092 CEB

    State was not required to prove reasonable efforts by Insurance Coverage Determination Committee before moving to dismiss trip and fall case on grounds of sovereign immunity.

  • Acree v. Bayhealth Med. Ctr., Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-04-25
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care | Recruitment and Staffing
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Clark
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ronald G. Poliquin, The Poliquin Firm LLC, Dover, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: James E. Drnec, Phillip M. Casale, Wharton Levin Ehrmantraut & Klein, Wilmington, DE; John A. Elzufon, Matthew Donelson, Elzufon, Ausstin & Mondell, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Maria R. Granaudo Gesty, Burns White LLC, Wilmington, DE for defendants.
    Case Number: K21C-02-029-JJC

    Court declined summary judgment for physician staffing company in medical malpractice complaint where there were genuine issues of material fact concerning whether the company had a master/servant relationship with a physician who allegedly performed a negligent surgery, such that the patient could hold the company vicariously liable under the doctrine of respondeat superior.

  • CRE Niagara Holdings, LLC v. Resorts Group, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-04-25
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Hospitality and Lodging | Real Estate
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Wallace
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    Case Number: N20C-05-157 PRW CCLD

    Court declined to dismiss case for lack of subject matter jurisdiction where it had already ruled that a Delaware forum selection clause in one of the parties' agreements covered plaintiffs' claims, and any risk of duplicative litigation was caused by the parties' tactical decisions to litigate in two jurisdictions to try to obtain their preferred forum.