• Columbus Life Ins. Co. v. Wilmington Trust Co.

    Publication Date: 2021-03-03
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Insurance | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Wallace
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald L. Gouge, Jr., Donald L. Gouge, Jr., LLC, Wilmington, DE; Michael J. Miller, Joseph M. Kelleher Philip J. Farinella, Cozen O’Connor, Philadelphia, PA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Steven L. Caponi, Matthew B. Goeller, K&L Gates LLP, Wilmington, DE; Ari Ruben, Susman Godfrey LLP, New York, NY; Steven G. Sklaver, Susman Godfrey LLP, Los Angeles, CA for defendant.

    Case Number: D69312

    Although stranger-oriented life insurance policy holder could not maintain void policy under theories of estoppel or waiver, insurance company's acceptance of holder as owner and beneficiary and acceptance of payment of premiums could support fraud claim against insurer.

  • State of Delaware v. Coleman

    Publication Date: 2021-03-03
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Medinilla
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Martin O’Connor, Elizabeth McFarlan, Dep’t of Justice, Wilmington, DE for the state.
    for defendant: Patrick Collins, Collins & Associates, Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: D69317

    Defendant failed to demonstrate the ineffectiveness of his trial counsel, so the court rejected his motion for post-conviction relief.

  • Berry v. Mitra QSR KNE LLC

    Publication Date: 2021-03-03
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: Food and Beverage
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Clark
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James R. Donovan, Alexis N. Stombaugh, Doroshow, Pasquale, Krawitz & Bhaya, Dover, DE for plaintiff
    for defendant: Joseph Andrews, Taylor E. Trapp, Law Office of Joseph Andrews, Dover, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: D69310

    Industrial Accident Board's credibility determinations finding claimant not credible and crediting employer's medical expert's opinion over claimant's expert provided sufficient basis to grant employer's petition to terminate benefits.

  • Biggs v. Hall

    Publication Date: 2021-02-17
    Practice Area: Premises Liability
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Rocanelli
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Arthur M. Krawitz, Jessica Lewis Welch, Doroshow, Pasquale Krawitz & Bhaya, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Roger P. Downes, Joseph Brenner, Marks, O’Neill, O’Brien, Doherty & Kelly, P.C. for defendant.

    Case Number: D69294

    Firefighter's rule was inapplicable to exclude liability for an EMT injured in a slip and fall accident where slipping and falling was not part of the hazard or harm that the EMT was dispatched to address.

  • Finney v. Delaware Dep't of Transp.

    Publication Date: 2021-02-17
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Jurden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Anthony N. Delcollo, Offit Kurman, P.A., Wilmington, DE for appellant.
    for defendant: Allison J. McCowan, Department of Justice, Wilmington, DE for appellee.

    Case Number: D69296

    The Merit Employee Relations Board erred in denying a grievant leave to amend his appeal to add claims based solely on the grievant's purported delay in asserting such claims, where the interests of justice favored amendment and employer would not have been substantially prejudiced.

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  • inVentiv Health Clinical, LLC v. Odonate Therapeutics, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2021-02-10
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Biotechnology | Pharmaceuticals
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Wallace
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jody C. Barillare, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Wilmington, DE; Brian W. Shaffer, Morgan, Lewis & Bock-ius LLP, Philadelphia, PA; John A. Vassallo, III, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, New York, NY for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Catherine A. Gaul, Ashby & Geddes, Wilmington, DE; Shireen Barday, Gibson Dunn, New York, NY; Joshua H. Lerner, Gibson Dunn, San Francisco, CA for defendant.

    Case Number: D69291

    Defendant's counterclaim for breach of contract survived a motion to dismiss, but the court granted plain-tiff's motion to dismiss the counterclaims for fraud and breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing.

  • AluminumSource, LLC v. LLFlex, LLC

    Publication Date: 2021-02-03
    Practice Area: Corporate Entities
    Industry: Manufacturing
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thad J. Bracegirdle, Bayard, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Elliot Richardson, Michele D. Dougherty, Ryan D. Gibson, Korey Richardson LLC, Chicago, IL for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Benjamin A. Smyth, McCarter & English, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Andrew Gold, Erica Gomer, Akerman LLP, Fort Lauderdale, FL for defendant.

    Case Number: D69279

    Fraudulent inducement claim failed where plaintiff had merely asserted dispute over calculation of the price adjustment to the contract purchase price, which was more appropriately characterized as a breach of contract claim rather than a fraud claim.

  • Abernathy v. Brandywine Urology Consultants, P.A.

    Publication Date: 2021-02-03
    Practice Area: Consumer Protection
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Johnston
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gary M. Klinger, Mason Lietz & Klinger LLP, Chicago, IL; Gary E. Mason, David K. Lietz, Mason Lietz & Klinger LLP, Washington, DC; Jared T. Green, Seitz, Van Ogtrop & Green, P.A., Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: William E. Manning, Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP, Wilmington, DE; Turner A. Broughton, Brendan D. O’Toole, Amanda Bird, Williams Mullen, Richmond, VA for defendant.

    Case Number: D69278

    Patients lacked standing to bring suit against their medical practice to recover compensation for a ransomware attack and data breach the practice had suffered where plaintiffs failed to allege their personal or financial information had been misused or there was a concrete, imminent threat of misuse.

  • Camejo v. Angelini Pharma Inc.

    Publication Date: 2021-02-03
    Practice Area: Products Liability
    Industry: Pharmaceuticals
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Wallace
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lawrence S. Paikoff, Richard J. Paikoff, Law Offices of Lawrence S. Paikoff, Davis, CA; Robert C. McDonald, Silverman, McDonald & Friedman, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Gail L. Westover, Melissa L. Fox, Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP, Washington, DC; Peter J. Walsh, Alan R. Silverstein, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Carla R. Karp, Glenn S. Kerner, Goodwin Procter LLP, New York, NY; John W. Shaw, Karen E. Keller, Nathan Hoeschen, Shaw Keller LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: D69280

    Plaintiff could not assert innovator liability against brand-name pharmaceutical manufacturer where plaintiff conceded sufficiency of the warnings in the brand-name label and failed to prove that changes to the label for the generic version were prompted by actions of the brand-name manufacturer.

  • Envolve Pharmacy Solutions, Inc. v. Rite Aid Hdqtrs. Corp.

    Publication Date: 2021-02-03
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Insurance | Retail
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Wallace
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Alexandra M. Cumings, Karen Jacobs, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Jerome P. DeSanto, Christopher Flynn, Keith J. Harrison, Daniel W. Wolff, Crowell & Moring LLP, Washington, DC for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Corinne Elise Amato, Prickett, Jones & Elliot, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Jordan Z. Dillon, Thomas J. Sullivan, Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P., Philadelphia, PA for defendants.

    Case Number: D69282

    Plaintiffs were entitled to proceed on some of their breach of contract and unjust enrichment claims, but allegations involving fraudulent conduct could not be resolved on a motion to dismiss.