Publication Date: 2022-03-22
Practice Area: Trusts and Estates
Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
Court: Delaware Superior Court
Judge: Judge Wharton
Attorneys: For plaintiff: James S. Green, Jr., Jared T. Green, Seitz, Van Ogtrop & Green, P.A., Wilmington, DE for plaintiffs Edward F. Brovelli, Jr., individually, and as trustee of The Brovelli Family Trust 2A and defendant USA Carrington Park 20, LLC.
for defendant: Gregory F. Fischer, Cozen O’Connor, Wilmington, DE; John J. Sullivan, Cozen O’Connor, New York, NY, for defendants Independence Realty Operating Partnership, LP, Independence Realty Trust, Inc., Independence Realty Advisors, LLC, IRT Carrington Apartments Owner, LLC and plaintiffs Independent Realty Trust, Inc., and Independence Realty Operating Partnership, LP.
Case Number: D69751
The court held the trust had standing to sue defendants because defendant Carrington had transferred its right to sue to the trust, that Brovelli as an individual did not have standing to sue because he was not a party to any of the subject contracts, that defendants who were not parties to the subject contracts should be dismissed, and that whether damages were direct or consequential had issues of fact and were not appropriate for a motion to dismiss.