• Markert v. Bd. of Adjustment of the City of Rehoboth Beach

    Publication Date: 2022-10-11
    Practice Area: Land Use and Planning
    Industry: Hospitality and Lodging | Real Estate | State and Local Government
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Karsnitz
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William B. Larson, Tye C. Bell, Manning Gross + Massenberg LLP, Wilmington, DE for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard A. Forsten, Pamela J. Scott, Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP, Wilmington, DE; Frederick A. Townsend, III, Hudson, Jones, Jaywork & Fisher, LLC, Lewes, DE for appellees.

    Case Number: S22A-02-003 CAK

    Upward variance from floor area ratio affirmed where variance was needed for hotel developer's aesthetic vision for project, which sought not to increase density but rather to provide additional amenities and retail space.

  • Tesla, Inc. v. Delaware Div. of Motor Vehicles

    Publication Date: 2022-10-11
    Practice Area: Administrative Law
    Industry: Automotive | State and Local Government
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Scott
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kelly Farnan, Tyler Cragg, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE for appellant.
    for defendant: George T. Lees III, Delaware Department of Justice, Dover, DE for appellee.

    Case Number: N21A-09-001 CLS

    Court affirmed DMV's director's denial of a manufacturer's license for a dealership license on the basis that the Delaware Motor Vehicle Franchising Practices Act prohibits vehicle manufacturers from serving as dealers to consumers.

  • Vito v. Waterside Prop. Owners Ass'n, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-10-04
    Practice Area: Insurance Litigation
    Industry: Insurance | Real Estate
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Karsnitz
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard E. Berl, Hudson, Jones, Jaywork & Fisher, LLC, Lewes, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Robert J. Valihura, Jr., Morton, Valihura & Zerbato, LLC, Greenville, DE; Bruce W. McCullough, Boddel Bove, LLC, Wilmington, DE; Eileen M. Ford, Ryan D. Kingshill, Marks, O’Neill, O’Brien, Doherty & Kelly, P.C., Wilmington, DE, for defendants.

    Case Number: S21C-08-006 CAK

    Court granted in part and denied in part motions to dismiss claims in a multiple party action arising out of insurance policy disputes due to an insured's property damage.

  • State v. Holmes

    Publication Date: 2022-10-04
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Wallace
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daniel B. McBride, Deputy Attorney General, Department of Justice, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Eugene J. Maurer, Jr., Eugene J. Maurer, Jr., P.A., Wilmington, DE; Stephen P. Patrizio, Dranoff and Patrizio, P.C., Philadelphia, PA for defendant.

    Case Number: 1909006430

    Police could view surveillance footage and seize the system's hard drive under the exigent circumstances and plain view doctrines, and where a purported owner of the property gave consent to investigators.

  • Cipercen LLC v. Morningside Texas Holdings LLC

    Publication Date: 2022-09-27
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Automotive
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Timothy J. Houseal, Jennifer M. Kinkus, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor LLP, Wilmington, DE; Matthew K. Wegner, Brown Wegner LLP, Irvine, CA for plaintiffs/third-party plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Patricia R. Urban., Megan Ix Brison, Pinckney Weidinger Urban & Joyce, Wilmington, DE; Jeffrey Hurt, Hurt & Berry, LLP, Dallas, TX for defendant/counterclaim plaintiff. Francis G.X. Pileggi, Cheneise V. Wright, Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP, Wilmington, DE; Dennis D. Leone, Sunjay D. Trehan, Shankman Leone, P.A., Tampa, FL for third-party defendant.

    Case Number: N19C-12-074 EMD CCLD

    The court granted both parties' motions to dismiss a fraudulent inducement and breach of contract case.

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  • G-New, Inc. v. Endurance Am. Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2022-09-27
    Practice Area: Insurance Litigation
    Industry: Food and Beverage | Insurance | Manufacturing
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Johnston
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jennifer C. Wasson, Carla M. Jones, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Vivek Chopra, Jonathan G. Hardin, Perkins Coie LLP, Washington, DC for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Marc S. Casarino, Kennedys CMK LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael L. Zigelman, Kristina I. Duffy, Kaufman Dolowich & Voluck, LLP, New York, NY; Kurt M. Heyman, Aaron M. Nelson, Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel LLP, Wilmington, DE; Scott B. Schreiber, Arthur Luk, Matthew Bemis, Elliot Rosenwald, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, Washington, DC for defendants.

    Case Number: N21C-10-100 MMJ CCLD

    The court granted a motion to dismiss in part and denied a motion to dismiss in part.

  • Kravis v. Justice of the Peace Court 17

    Publication Date: 2022-09-20
    Practice Area: Landlord Tenant Law
    Industry: Hospitality and Lodging
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Conner
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Olka K. Beskrone, Richard H. Morse, Community Legal Aid Society, Inc., Wilmington, DE for petitioner.
    for defendant: Jillian M. Pratt, Morton, Valihura & Zerbato, LLC, Greenville, DE for respondent.

    Case Number: S22A-04-001 MHC

    Court did not err in granting landlord summary possession for tenant's violation of lease terms requiring prospective residents to apply for residency, where evidence that tenant's residents did not apply until months after the action for summary possession was filed was not relevant to the summary possession ruling.

  • State v. McGuiness

    Publication Date: 2022-09-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Carpenter
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark A. Denney, Jr., Maria Knoll, Nicole Mozee, Department of Justice, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Steven P. Wood, Chelsea A. Botsch, Dean A. Elwell, McCarter & English, LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: 2206000799

    Defendant was granted judgment of acquittal on violation of state procurement law where legislature and state officials had only criminalized the splitting of public contracts to avoid accounting oversight, but defendant had merely split invoices and did so at the vendor's request for fewer hours at the beginning of the contract.

  • German v. Skinner

    Publication Date: 2022-09-13
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Carpenter
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Periann Doko, Kent & McBride, P.C., Wilmington, DE for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Susan List Hauske, Tybout, Redfearn & Pell, Wilmington, De for defendants.

    Case Number: N21C-09-118 WCC

    Court granted defendants' motion to dismiss claim arising out of a personal injury suit where plaintiffs attempted to file a consortium claim although they had previously signed a release and indemnity agreement in exchange for $5,000.

  • Outbox Sys., Inc. v. Trimble Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-09-06
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Consulting | Software | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Wallace
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patricia L. Enerio, Jamie Brown, Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel, Wilmington, DE; Gerry Silver, Sullivan & Worcester LLP, New York, NY for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Steven T. Margolin, Samuel L. Moultrie, Greenberg Traurig LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: D69944

    Account stated claim dismissed where duplicative of a well-pleaded breach of contract claim and where plaintiff had failed to adequately plead the existence of a debt or account or defendant's express admission to an amount due under such account or debt.