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  • State of Delaware v. Dunn

    Publication Date: 2021-07-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Medinilla
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Erika Flaschner, Christina Ruggiero, Dep’t of Justice, Wilmington, DE for the state.
    for defendant: Monika Germono, Meghan Crist, Office of Defense Services, Wilmington, DE for defendant.
    Case Number: D69461

    The court denied a juvenile defendant's motion to transfer criminal charges to family court, because prior attempts at rehabilitation had been unsuccessful, defendant's criminal behavior had escalated, and transfer-ring the charges to family court was not in the interests of society or defendant.

  • State v. Boddy

    Publication Date: 2021-06-30
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Medinilla
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Frawley, Matthew Buckworth, Department of Justice, Wilmington, DE for the state.
    for defendant: Monika Germono, Meghan Crist, Office of Defense Services, Wilmington, DE for defendant.
    Case Number: D69452

    Following a reverse amenability hearing, the court denied a juvenile's motion to transfer criminal charges to family court due to the seriousness of the charges and the failure of prior rehabilitative efforts.

  • Auto Equity Loans of Delaware LLC v. Baird

    Publication Date: 2021-06-23
    Practice Area: Fee Disputes
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Automotive
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Jones
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen A. Spence, Catherine M. Cramer, Baird Mandalas Brockstedt, LLC, Lewes, DE for appellant.
    for defendant: Vivian A. Houghton, Law Office of Vivian A. Houghton, Wilmington, DE; Robert F. Salvin, Bala Cynwyd, PA for appellees.
    Case Number: D69439

    Application to trial court for statutory fee shifting for appellee work was not time-barred where litigants requested remand for entry of judgment and to file applications for fees, while the appellate courts' decisions remanded the matter back to the trial court for further proceedings.

  • ARKRAY Am., Inc. v. Navigator Bus. Solutions, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2021-06-23
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Consulting | Software
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Johnston
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jennifer C. Wasson, Carla M. Jones, Potter Anderson Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Julia E. Markley, Nathan R. Morales, Perkins Coie LLP, Portland, OR; Lindsey Dunn, Perkins Coie LLP, Denver, CO for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Stephen J. Kraftschik, Christina B. Vavala, Polsinelli PC, Wilmington, DE; Eric E. Lynch, Jonathan G. Brinson, Polsinelli PC, Phoenix, AZ; Scott B. Czerwonka, Wilks Law, LLC, Wilmington, DE; Mark K. Thompson, MKT Law PLC, Minneapolis, MN for defendants.
    Case Number: D69438

    Contractual choice-of-law provisions did not bar claims where the provision only applied to contractual claims, and the applicable state law did not preclude enforcement of another jurisdiction's statutory unfair business practices claim.

  • CIBC Bank USA v. JH Portfolio Debt Equities, LLC

    Publication Date: 2021-06-16
    Practice Area: Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin J. Mangan, Nicholas T. Verna, Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP, Wilmington, DE; Edward S. Weil, Melanie J. Chico, Mark A. Silverman, Dykema Gossett PLLC, Chicago, IL for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Raymond H. Lemisch, Sean M. Brennecke, Klehr Harrison Harvey Branzburg LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael Granne, Provenzano Granne & Bader LLP, New York, NY; Matthew B. Lunn, Mary F. Dugan, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE; David E. Wilks, Andrea S. Brooks, Julie M. O’Dell, Wilks, Lukoff & Bracegirdle, LLC, Wilmington, DE for defendants.
    Case Number: D69430

    Claims arising from defendants' entering into side agreements that purportedly interfered with plaintiff's security interest were dismissed where plaintiff failed to plead facts sufficient to show bad faith or that it induced the entry into the side agreements.

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  • Green Am. Recycling, LLC v. Clean Earth, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2021-06-16
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Chemicals and Materials | Manufacturing
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Wallace
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael C. Heyden, Jr., Tianna S. Bethune, Gordon Reese Scully Mansukhani LLP, Wilmington, DE for de-fendant.
    for defendant: Jeffrey L. Moyer, Dorronda R. Bordley, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; David L. Coffman, Joseph Kellmeyer, Sara L. Chamberlain, Thompson Corburn LLP, St. Louis, MO for third-party defendant.
    Case Number: D69433

    The court lacked personal jurisdiction over a third-party defendant, and jurisdictional discovery was not warranted under the facts of this case.

  • Heine v. JB Inc.

    Publication Date: 2021-06-16
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Food and Beverage | Retail
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Jurden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael J. Hood, Michael J. Hood, LLC, Elsmere, DE for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Sean A. Dolan, Mintzer Sarowitz Zeris Ledva & Meyers LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendant.
    Case Number: D69434

    A grocery store was not entitled to summary judgment because a jury had to decide whether the store act-ed as a reasonably prudent shopkeeper overseeing the activities of a third party.

  • Long v. Fulton Bank, N.A.

    Publication Date: 2021-06-09
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Real Estate
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Jurden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David A. White, Matthew J. Rufino, McCarter & English, LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Jared T. Green, R. Karl Hill, Seitz, Van Ogtrop & Green, P.A., Wilmington, DE for defendant.
    Case Number: D69427

    Where plaintiffs delayed approximately seven years before terminating a lease for nonpayment of rent, they breached an agreement, but factual questions remained on the issue of waiver, so the court declined to grant judgment in favor of defendant.

  • Dewey Beach Enter., Inc. v. Drass Ins. Agency, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2021-06-02
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Construction | Insurance
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Butler
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Neil R. Lapinski, Phillip A. Giordano, Gordon, Fournaris & Mammarella, P.A., Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Susan List Hauske, Tybout, Redfearn & Pell, Wilmington, DE; Kimberly M. Jones, Christian M. Gunneson, Wood, Smith Henning & Berman, LLP, Tampa, FL for defendant.
    Case Number: D69415

    Insurers were not entitled to dismiss or stay action seeking declaration of coverage for triggering loss under insurers' policy based solely on insurers' claim of continuing to investigate the claim.

  • Diamond Materials, LLC v. Tutor Perini Corp.

    Publication Date: 2021-06-02
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Adams
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven F. Mones, Mintzer Sarowitz Zeris Ledva & Meyers, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Ross D. Ginsberg, Weinberg Wheeler Hudgins, Gunn & Dial, LLC, Atlanta, GA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: James S. Green, Jr., Seitz, Van Ogtrop & Green, P.A., Wilmington, DE for defendant.
    Case Number: D69416

    Where contractual arbitration provision gave defendant the obligation to decide whether other party's claims qualified within the category of claims subject to arbitration, the defendant's decision to seek arbitration of claims it found to fall within the scope of the arbitration clause required their dismissal from the action in favor of arbitration.