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  • Lima USA, Inc. v. Mahfouz

    Publication Date: 2021-09-15
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Health Care | Manufacturing
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Wallace
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David E. Wilks, Scott B. Czerwonka, Wilks Law, LLC, Wilmington, DE; Jordan E. Stern, William H. Newman, Becker, Glynn, Muffly, Chassin & Hosinski, LLP, New York, NY for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Catherine A. Gaul, Ashby & Geddes, Wilmington, DE; David B. Anthony, Berger Harris LLP, Wilmington, DE; Beth A. Bryan, Taft Stettinius & Hollister, LLP, Cincinnati, OH for defendants.
    Case Number: D69539

    The court rejected plaintiff's motion for a stay and granted defendant's motion to dismiss because plaintiff's lawsuit was based on contingent events and was not yet ripe for litigation.

  • Nalda v. Green Valley Home Inspections, LLC

    Publication Date: 2021-09-08
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Margaret M. DiBianca, Clark Hill PLC, Wilmington, DE; Kevin B. Watson, Stephen M. Wolf, Clark Hill PLC, Philadelphia, PA for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Richard D. Abrams, Timothy H. Rohs, Mintzer, Sarowitz, Zeris, Ledva & Meyers, LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendant.
    Case Number: D69530

    Property inspection company was entitled to summary judgment because plaintiffs' claims were barred by the statute of limitations and no tolling applied.

  • Wesley v. State of Delaware

    Publication Date: 2021-09-08
    Practice Area: Administrative Law
    Industry:
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Jurden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jonathan B. O’Neill, Kimmel, Carter, Roman, Peltz & O’Neill, P.A., Christiana, DE for appellant.
    for defendant: Nicholas E. Bittner, Heckler & Frabizzio, Wilmington, DE for appellee.
    Case Number: D69531

    The court affirmed a decision by the Industrial Accident Board regarding additional compensation for a low back injury be-cause the board's findings were supported by substantial evidence.

  • Guaranteed Rate, Inc. v. ACE Am. Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2021-09-01
    Practice Area: Insurance Litigation
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Insurance
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Johnston
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian M. Rostocki, Reed Smith LLP, Wilmington, DE; Lilit Asadourian, Reed Smith LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Thomas A. Marrinson, Reed Smith LLP, Chicago, IL for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Robert J. Katzenstein, Katzenstein & Jenkins LLP, Wilmington, DE; David Newmann, Jessica K. Jacobs, Hogan Lovells US LLP, Chicago, IL for defendants.
    Case Number: D69523

    A civil investigative demand in an action under the False Claims Act constituted a claim under plaintiff's insurance policy, so defendant insurer was obligated to advance defense costs.

  • Cobb v. Delaware Thoroughbred Racing Comm'n

    Publication Date: 2021-09-01
    Practice Area: Administrative Law
    Industry:
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Butler
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew G. Ahern, III, Joseph W. Benson, P.A., Wilmington, DE for appellant.
    for defendant: Andrew Kerber, Deputy Attorney General, Department of Justice, Wilmington, DE for appellee.
    Case Number: D69519

    Court declined to stay suspension of horse trainer's license where jurisdictional challenge to agency sanction failed to raise a substantial issue warranting a stay.

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  • Aureus Holdings, LLC v. Kubient, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2021-08-25
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Advertising | E-Commerce | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Larry R. Wood, Jr., Brandon W. McCune, Blank Rome LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Rudolf Koch, Travis S. Hunter, Nicole K. Pedi, Valerie A. Caras, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE for defendant.
    Case Number: D69510

    Court declined to dismiss unjust enrichment/tortious interference claims where plaintiff alleged that defendant acted in bad faith to siphon plaintiff's customers and business development efforts, and where the parties' binding letter of intent only governed the parties' duties to create a final acquisition agreement.

  • CVR Refining, LP v. XL Specialty Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2021-08-25
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Energy | Insurance
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jennifer C. Wasson, Carla M. Jones, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Robin L. Cohen, Alexander M. Sugzda, Cohen Ziffer Frenchman & McKenna, New York, NY; Herbert Beigel, Law Offices of Herbert Beigel, Tucson, AZ for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Robert J. Katzenstein, Smith Katzenstein & Jenkins, LLP, Wilimington, DE; Leland H. Jones, Chiara Tondi Resta, Wiley Rein LLP, Washington, DC; John C. Phillips, Jr., David Bilson, Phillips McLaughlin & Hall, P.A. Wilmington, DE; Erica J. Kerstein, Robinson & Cole LLP, New York, NY; Geoffrey W. Heineman, Ropers Majeski, P.C. for defendants.
    Case Number: D69512

    Court declined to dismiss in favor of another action filed in another jurisdiction where defendants had, without warning, engaged in a race to the courthouse to file before plaintiffs, making plaintiffs' case filed only days later a contemporaneously filed action that precluded traditional first-filed rules.

  • Aveanna Healthcare, LLC v. Epic/Freedom, LLC

    Publication Date: 2021-08-25
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Food and Beverage | Health Care
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge LeGrow
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard L. Renck, Tracey E. Timlin, Duane Morris LLP, Wilmington, DE; Robert M. Castle, III, Randy D. Gordon, Duane Morris LLP, Dallas, TX for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Kenneth J. Nachbar, Miranda N. Gilbert, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; R. Todd Cronan, Joseph P. Rockers, Goodwin Procter LLP, Boston, MA for defendants.
    Case Number: D69511

    Buyer could pursue fraud claims against seller of companies, even though the companies made the fraudulent misrepresentations, where an anti-reliance clause could not exculpate liability for intra-contractual fraud and where the seller was plausibly alleged to have known of the falsity of the contractual representations.

  • Jarden, LLC v. ACE Am. Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2021-08-18
    Practice Area: Insurance Litigation
    Industry: Consumer Products | Insurance | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge LeGrow
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Baldwin, Berger Harris, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Robert J. Katzenstein, Smith Katzenstein & Jenkins LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael R. Goodstein, Bailey Cavalieri LLC, Columbus, OH; David H. Topol, Matthew W. Beato, Wiley Rein LLP, Washington, DC; Marc S. Casarino, White & Williams LLP, Wilmington, DE; Maurice Pesso, William J. Brennan, Kennedys CMK LLP, New York, NY; Joanna J. Cline, Emily L. Wheatley, Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP, Wilmington, DE; Jennifer Mathis, Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP, San Francisco, CA; Brandon D. Almond, Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP, Washington, DC; Kurt M. Heyman, Aaron M. Nelson, Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel LLP, Wilmington, DE; Scott B. Schrieber, William C. Perdue, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, Washington, DC; Carmella P. Keener, Cooch and Taylor, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Ronald P. Schiller, Daniel J. Layden, Hangley Aronchick Segal Pudlin & Schiller, Philadelphia, PA for defendants.
    Case Number: D69506

    No insurance coverage was available for costs incurred by a company in connection with a statutory appraisal proceeding, because that action did not constitute a "wrongful act" under the policy.

  • Cousins v. Goodier

    Publication Date: 2021-08-18
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Karsnitz
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen J. Neuberger, Thomas S. Neuberger, The Neuberger Firm, P.A., Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Rodney A. Smolla, Wilmington, DE; Douglas D. Herrmann, Troutman Pepper Hamilton Saunders LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendant.
    Case Number: D69504

    Allegedly defamatory statements constituted nonactionable opinion where the statements constituted subjective opinion and hyperbole, and the maker of the statement disclosed nondefamatory facts underlying the opinion that would allow recipients of the statement to evaluate the validity of the opinion for themselves.