• Keeler v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.

    Publication Date: 2019-04-10
    Practice Area: Banking and Finance Laws | Commercial Law
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Medinilla
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Elwood T. Eveland, Jr., The Eveland Law Firm for appellant.
    for defendant: Nicholas T. Verna, Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP for appellee.

    Case Number: D68519

    Trial court erred in dismissing banking violation under UCC without determining whether breach of contract claim could proceed independent of a UCC claim, where the allegations of the contract claim also raised an issue of the bank's compliance with UCC requirements.

  • Fansler v. N. Am. Title Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2019-04-03
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: D68511

    Limitations period could be tolled where plaintiffs alleged they relied upon defendants' representations to believe their property had an access easement and that their title insurance policy would protect them from defects in title, and thus any purported defects in the deed or policy documents would not be readily apparent to plaintiffs.

  • Lincoln Benefit Life Co. v. Wilmington Trust, N.A.

    Publication Date: 2019-04-03
    Practice Area: Insurance Litigation | Trusts and Estates
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Rocanelli
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph C. Schoell, Jason P. Gosselin, Katherine L. Villanueva and Christopher F. Petrillo, Drinker Bid-dle & Reath LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Steven L. Caponi, K&L Gates LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: D68514

    The court granted a motion to stay a Delaware declaratory judgment proceeding in favor of a pending lawsuit in another state based on the contemporaneous filing of the actions, as well as principles of comity and judicial efficiency.

  • State of Delaware v. Reese

    Publication Date: 2019-04-03
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Jurden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daniel B. McBride, Dep't of Justice, Wilmington, DE for the state
    for defendant: Kevin P. Tray, Law Office of Kevin P. Tray, Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: D68516

    A search warrant failed to establish a sufficient nexus between the crimes investigated and defendant's cellular phone.

  • State of Delaware v. Pierce

    Publication Date: 2019-03-20
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Expert Witnesses
    Industry:
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Rocanelli
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Annemarie H. Puit, Matthew B. Frawley and Jenna R. Milecki, Department of Justice, Wilmington, DE for the state.
    for defendant: Eugene J. Maurer, Jr. and Elise K. Wolpert, Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: D68499

    Geolocation information from a defendant's phone was sufficiently reliable, and expert testimony would assist the jury in un-derstanding the evidence.

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  • Clark v. State

    Publication Date: 2019-03-20
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Streett
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Heather A. Long for appellant.
    for defendant: William D. Rimmer for appellee.

    Case Number: D68495

    Claimant could assert promissory estoppel claim, though not included in her initial petition with the IAB, where the elements of promissory estoppel were presented to the board and the board considered the issue in rendering its decision.

  • State of Delaware v. Watts

    Publication Date: 2019-03-20
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Rennie
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Cari Chapman and Matthew Keating, Deputy Attorneys General, Department of Justice for the state
    for defendant: Elliot Margules, Assistant Public Defender, Office of the Public Defender for defendant.

    Case Number: D68500

    Defendant was not entitled to dismissal or a missing evidence instruction where the state did not deny him access to evidence material to his defense.

  • Winshall v. Viacom Int'l, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2019-03-13
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Colin R. Hagan, David J. Shlansky and David H. Holloway, Shlansky Law Group, LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Robert A. Atkins, Steven C. Herzog, Stephen P. Lamb and Daniel A. Mason, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, New York and Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: D68493

    All of plaintiff's breach of contract claims were barred by res judicata or the statute of limitations, except the claim for indem-nification of attorney fees.

  • Gutierrez v. Jamestown Painting

    Publication Date: 2019-03-13
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Cooch
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Heather A. Long, Kimmel, Carter, Roman, Peltz & O'Neill P.A., Newark, DE for appellant.
    for defendant: Nathan V. Gin, Elzufon Austin & Mondell, P.A., Wilmington, DE for appellee.

    Case Number: D68487

    Denial of additional compensation and termination of workers' compensation benefits affirmed where the IAB credited the testimony of an independent medical examiner over employee's own treating physicians where the examiner demonstrated a more comprehensive understanding of employee's prior medical history in support of the examiner's opinion on the lack of causation between employee's reported pain and his work accident.

  • ISN Software Corp. v. Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A.

    Publication Date: 2019-03-06
    Practice Area: Legal Malpractice | Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory | Legal Services | Software
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Johnston
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher H. Lee and Blake A. Bennett, Cooch and Taylor, P.A.; Timothy S. Perkins, Underwood Perkins, P.C. for plaintiff.
    for defendant: P. Clarkson Collins, Jr., Carl N. Kunz, III, and Kathleen A. Murphy, Morris James LLP; George M. Kryder and Melissa L. James, Vinson & Elkins LLP for defendants.

    Case Number: D68450

    Legal malpractice action accrued once counsel advised plaintiff client of potential issues with counsel's advice regarding a cash-out merger, which could have resulted financial losses for plaintiffs.