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  • Festival Fun Parks, LLC v. MS Leisure Co.

    Publication Date: 2024-01-08
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jamie L. Brown, Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel LLP, Wilmington, DE; Ian M. Ross, Sidley Austin LLP, Miami, FL for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Lisa Zwally Brown, Brian T. Reed, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.
    Case Number: N23C-03-304 EMD CCLD

    Although affirmative defenses of credits for excess payments or set-off were insufficiently pled, they were enough to put plaintiff on notice that defendants were contesting the amounts due, thereby precluding judgment on the pleadings.

  • Reylek v. Albence

    Publication Date: 2024-01-08
    Practice Area: Election and Political Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Primos
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Terri Michelle Reylek, Dover, DE, petitioner pro se.
    for defendant: Nicholas D. Picollelli, Jr., Deputy Attorney General, Department of Justice, Wilmington, DE for respondent.
    Case Number: K22M-07-010 NEP

    Registered voter lacked a private cause of action to seek declaratory judgment to challenge certification of electronic voting machines where statutes were tailored to preserving a free and fair election system to and regulate the acquisition of machines.

  • Estate of Barotz v. Martha Barotz 2006-1 Ins. Trust

    Publication Date: 2024-01-08
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Insurance | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald L. Gouge, Jr., Donald L. Gouge, Jr., LLC, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Steven L. Caponi, Mathew B. Goeller, K&L Gates LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.
    Case Number: N20C-04-126 EMD CCLD

    Life insurance was void ab initio where parties without an insurable interest in the life of the decedent used Delaware statutory trusts to conceal the illegal nature of the policy and facilitate payment of policy premiums.

  • Patton v. Quality Enter. LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-01-01
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: Automotive
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patrick C. Gallagher, Jacobs & Crumplar, P.A., Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Anthony N. Delcollo, Michael K. DeSantis, Apla V. Batia, Offit Kurman, P.A., Wilmington, DE for defendant.
    Case Number: N23C-08-316 EMD

    Court declined to dismiss disability discrimination claim where diabetes might qualify as a disability as defined by the ADA and employer was on notice of worker's need for accommodations for his diabetes.

  • Bergmann v. SH Parent, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-12-18
    Practice Area: Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry: Consumer Products | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Adams
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Samuel T. Hirzel, Gillian L. Andrews, Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Jesse L. Noa, Potter, Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.
    Case Number: N22J-00660

    Court denied motion to compel discovery in aid of execution where claimant was merely seeking merits-based discovery for another action for injunctive relief.

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  • Bumpus v. USAC Ross LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-12-18
    Practice Area: Wrongful Death
    Industry: Aerospace | Manufacturing
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Jurden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Beverly L. Bove, Vincent J.X. Hendrick, Bove & Hendrick, Wilmington, DE; Joseph P. Musacchio, Anthony Tarricone, Kreindler & Kreindler, LLP; Kathryn E. Barnet, Morgan & Morgan, Douglas P. Desjardins, Pangia Law Group for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Jeffrey L. Moyer, Griffin A. Schoenbaum, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Jonathan Nussbaum, Thompson Hine, LLP for defendants.
    Case Number: N22C-09-008 JRJ

    Court declined to apply choice of law provision in asset purchase agreement where chosen state bore no substantial relationship to the transactions or the parties to the transaction.

  • Weller v. Morris James LLP

    Publication Date: 2023-12-11
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Wharton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William W. Weller, Middletown, DE, appellant pro se.
    for defendant: Jennifer C. Jauffret, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Victoria W. Counihan, Deputy Attorney General, Department of Justice, Wilmington, DE for appellees.
    Case Number: N23A-03-007 FWW

    Unemployment benefits claim was properly denied where worker received one year's worth of wages as a final payment upon separation from employment, meaning that the worker was not economically insecure and in need of unemployment compensation.

  • Boatright v. State Farm Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2023-12-11
    Practice Area: Discovery
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Butler
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joel H. Fredricks, Gary S. Nitsche, Nitsche & Fredericks, LLC, Wilmington, DE for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Jospeh J. Bellew, Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP Wilmington, DE for defendants.
    Case Number: N20C-11-022 CEB

    Court denied motion to compel production of insurance company file where plaintiffs failed to show a likelihood that the file contained discoverable information or prove that the apparent inadvertent commingling of documents between the file and an already-produced file waived any confidentiality in the first.

  • Taylor v. Killen

    Publication Date: 2023-12-04
    Practice Area: Products Liability
    Industry: Automotive
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Scott
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joel H. Fredricks, Nitsche & Fredericks, LLC, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Stephen F. Dryden, Weber Gallagher Simpson Stapleton Fires & Newby LLP, New Castle, DE; Joseph J. Bellew, Joseph E. Brenner, Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.
    Case Number: N22C-03-068 CLS

    Service upon foreign corporation was ineffective where service upon its domestic subsidiary could not impute notice of the action and mailing service of process to the foreign corporation did not comply with the requirements of the Hague Convention.

  • Faucett v. Unemployment Ins. Appeal Bd.

    Publication Date: 2023-12-04
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Winston
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Raykia Faucett, pro se appellant.
    for defendant: Matthew B. Frawley, Delaware Department of Justice for appellee.
    Case Number: N23A-06-010 PAW

    Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board did not abuse its discretion in declining appeal and finding appeal from disqualification decision untimely where there was no evidence to rebut the presumption of receipt of the decision letter.