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  • Protect Our Indian River v. Sussex County Bd. of Adjustment

    Publication Date: 2019-05-29
    Practice Area: Land Use and Planning
    Industry: Food and Beverage
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stokes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrea G. Green, Law Office of Andrea G. Green, Millsboro, DE for petitioners
    for defendant: Robert G. Gibbs and R. Eric Hacker, Morris James LLP, Georgetown, DE for respondents
    Case Number: D68576

    Special use exception application properly granted where applicant presented sufficient documents and testimony to permit the local board of adjustment to conclude applicant had met the requirements for a special use exception and where the board found petitioners' objections outweighed for not being directly connected to the proposed facility.

  • Villalobos-Martin v. Nationwide Mut. Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2019-05-29
    Practice Area: Insurance Litigation
    Industry:
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Rennie
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Cynthia H. Pruitt, Doroshow Pasquale Krawitz & Bhaya for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Donald M. Ransom and Beth A. Swadley, Carasino Christman Shalk Ransom & Doss, P.A. for defend-ant.
    Case Number: D68581

    Insurer met all of its statutory and contractual obligations when it excluded a party from coverage under an automobile policy, and it was not required to provide coverage for a subsequent accident involving the excluded party.

  • P & TI Acquisition Co. v. Morgenthaler Partners VII, LP

    Publication Date: 2019-05-22
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge LeGrow
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David A. Dorey, Craig N. Haring, Steven J. Roman and Adrien C. Pickard, Blank Rome LLP, Wilmington, DE and Washington, D.C. for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Timothy Jay Houseal and Jennifer M. Kinkus, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor LLP, Wilmington, DE; Robert S. Faxon and Michael A. Platt, Jones Day, Cleveland, OH for defendant.
    Case Number: D68471

    The court dismissed plaintiff's breach of contract claim for failure to state a claim, and it dismissed a claim for breach of the im-plied covenant of good faith and fair dealing because the parties' agreement expressly addressed the issue.

  • Arch Ins. Co. v. Murdock

    Publication Date: 2019-05-22
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance | Insurance Law
    Industry: Food and Beverage
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert J. Katzenstein and Kathleen M. Miller, Smith, Katzenstein & Jenkins LLP, Wilmington, DE; Ronald P. Schiller, Daniel J. Layden, and Bonnie M. Hoffman, Hangley Aronchick Segal Pudlin & Schiller, Philadelphia, PA; Michael L. Manire and Deeanna M. Galla, Manire & Galla LLP, New York, NY; Robert P. Colon and Kevin A. Lahm, Walker Wilcox Matousek LLP, Chicago, IL; Merril Hirsh, Merril Hirsh PLLC, Washington, DC for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Elena C. Norman and Mary F. Dugan, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor LLP, Wilmington, DE; Kirk A. Pasich and Pamela Woods, Pasich LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Mikaela Whitman and Jeffrey L. Schulman, Pasich LLP, New York, NY for defendants.
    Case Number: D68467

    Summary judgment in insurers' declaratory judgment action regarding coverage obligations denied in part where there was a genuine issue of material fact as to whether insurers unreasonably withheld consent to covered settlement or whether insureds breached cooperation clause by failing to respond to certain document and information requests by insurers.

  • Dunfee v. KGL Holdings Riverfront, LLC

    Publication Date: 2019-05-15
    Practice Area: Wrongful Death
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Hospitality and Lodging
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Cooch
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gary S. Nitsche, William R. Stewart, III, and Rachel D. Allen, Weik Nitsche & Dougherty, LLC, Wilmington, DE; Joseph J. Rhoades, Rhoades & Morrow, LLC, Wilmington, DE; Martin C. Meltzer, Law Office of Martin C. Meltzer, Wilmington, DE for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Catherine A. Gaul and Aaron P. Sayers, Ashby Geddes, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Mary E. Sherlock and Stephen F. Dryden, Weber Gallagher Simpson Stapleton Fires & Newby, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Elizabeth C. Grabey, McGivney, Kluger & Cook, P.C., Wilmington, DE; Christina M. Belitz, Polsinelli PC, Wilmington, DE; Michael J. Logullo, Rawle & Henderson, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Johan A. Elzufon, Elzufon Austin & Mondell, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Michael I. Silverman, Silverman, McDonald & Friedman, Wilmington, DE for defendants.
    Case Number: D68559

    Wrongful death claim not dismissed where plaintiffs could impose liability on defendants who conducted assessment of apartment complex's boiler system when the building's owner allegedly relied upon the assessment to not undertake repairs or replacement of the boiler.

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  • Warren v. Amstead Indus., Inc.

    Publication Date: 2019-05-15
    Practice Area: Administrative Law
    Industry: Manufacturing
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Krasnitz
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Adam F. Wasserman, Ciconte Serba LLC, Wilmington, DE for claimant.
    for defendant: Linda L. Wilson, Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin, Wilmington, DE for employer.
    Case Number: D68565

    Employer failed to raise the issue of retirement in its petition to review a claimant's workers' compensation benefits, so the board erred in granting the petition on grounds not contained in the pleadings.

  • Evans v. State

    Publication Date: 2019-05-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Wallace
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Benjamin S. Gifford, IV, The Law Office of Benjamin S. Gifford, IV, Wilmington, DE for appellant.
    for defendant: Julia C. Mayer, Deputy Attorney General, Department of Justice, Wilmington, DE for appellee.
    Case Number: D68560

    Misdemeanor criminal impersonation statute required the state to prove that the false identity offered and assumed by the defendant was that of a real, live person.

  • Schmelz v. Martone

    Publication Date: 2019-05-15
    Practice Area: Insurance Law | Motor Vehicle Torts
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Medinilla
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert T. Graney, Law Offices of Chrissinger & Baumberger, Wilmington, DE for third-party defendant Liberty Mutual.
    for defendant: Matthew E. O'Byrne, Casarino Christman Shalk Ransom & Doss, P.A., Wilmington, DE for defendant Martone.
    Case Number: D68563

    Defendant did not have standing to pursue a counterclaim against plaintiff's insurer for indemnity or contribution in this personal injury matter, because she did not have a legally protected interest.

  • Bobcat N. Am., LLC v. Inland Waste Holdings, LLC

    Publication Date: 2019-05-08
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry:
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Wallace
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joel Friedlander, Christopher M. Foulds, and Christopher P. Quinn, Friedlander & Goris, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Andrew J. Wronski, Max B. Chester, and Andrew M. Meerkins, Foley & Lardner LLP, Milwaukee, WI for plaintiff.
    for defendant: David S. Eagle and Sean M. Brennecke, Klehr Harrison Harvey Branzburg LLP, Wilmington, DE; William T. Hill and Gregory R. Sellers, Klehr Harrison Harvey Branzburg LLP, Philadelphia, PA for defendants.
    Case Number: D68550

    Purchaser was entitled to redemption of its equity pursuant to business purchase agreement where parties' agreement expressly and exclusively conditioned redemption on failure of future business conditions to manifest when those conditions did fail to manifest.

  • Rowland v. American Biltrite, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2019-05-08
    Practice Area: Products Liability
    Industry: Chemicals and Materials | Manufacturing
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Medinilla
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ipek K. Medford, Bartholomew J. Dalton, Andrew C. Dalton and Michael C. Dalton, Dalton & Assoc., P.A., Wilmington, DE; Adam Balick and Patrick J. Smith, Balick & Balick, LLC, Wilmington, DE; Weitz & Luxenberg, P.C., New York, NY for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Beth E. Valocchi, Joseph S. Naylor and Bryan P. Smith, Swartz Campbell, LLC , Wilmington, DE for moving defendant.
    Case Number: D68556

    Plaintiffs failed to demonstrate that a product provided by defendant contained asbestos.