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  • Spintz v. Div. of Family Serv.

    Publication Date: 2020-05-20
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Montgomery-Reeves
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Islanda L. Finamore, Dep’t of Justice, Wilmington, DE for the state.
    for defendant: Stephen E. Jenkins, Ashby & Geddes, Wilmington, DE for respondent.
    Case Number: D68989

    Delaware law required the Department of Family Services to send notice prior to filing a petition for substantiation.

  • Cooper v. State

    Publication Date: 2020-04-29
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Vaughn
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James F. Brose, The Brose Law Firm, Media, PA; Stephanie Volturo and Jan A. T. van Amerongen, Jr., Office of Conflicts Counsel, Wilmington, DE for appellant.
    for defendant: Sean P. Lugg, Delaware Department of Justice, Wilmington, DE for appellee.
    Case Number: D68959

    Confidential informant testimony and controlled buys corroborated by independent police surveillance were sufficient to establish a nexus in a search warrant application between defendant's residences and business location and the evidence of drugs and weapons sought by police.

  • Wiggins v. State of Delaware

    Publication Date: 2020-04-22
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Montgomery-Reeves
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nicole M. Walker, Office of the Public Defender, Wilmington, DE for Wiggins.
    for defendant: Matthew C. Bloom , Dep’t of Justice, Wilmington, DE for the state.
    Case Number: D68957

    The court vacated a felony drug conviction and remanded for sentencing for a lesser-included misdemeanor, because the state failed to meet its burden of proving that the contents of a vial constituted a "mixture" under Delaware's Controlled Substances Act.

  • Chavis v. State

    Publication Date: 2020-04-22
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Traynor
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nichole M. Walker, John K. Kirk, and Lisa M. Schwind, Wilmington, DE for appellant.
    for defendant: Brian L. Arban, Department of Justice, Wilmington, DE for appellee.
    Case Number: D68950

    Use of lab analysts' reports by testifying analyst who also participated in DNA profile matching did not violate defendant's Confrontation Clause rights where reports were non-testimonial because they did not substitute for testimony that would be used to prove an essential element of the crime.

  • In re: Asbestos Litig.

    Publication Date: 2020-04-08
    Practice Area: Products Liability
    Industry: Chemicals and Materials
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Valihura
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Adam Balick and Patrick J. Smith, Balick & Balick, LLC, Wilmington, DE; Bartholomew J. Dalton, Ipek K. Medford, Andrew C. Dalton, Michael C. Dalton, Dalton & Associates, P.A., Wilmington, DE for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Loreto P. Rufo, Rufo Associates, PA, Hockessin, DE; John V. Work, Law Office of John V. Work, Wilmington, DE; Joseph S. Naylor, Swartz Campbell, LLC, Wilmington, DE; Paul A. Bradley and Stephanie A. Fox, Maron Marvel Bradley Anderson & Tardy, LLC, Wilmington, DE; Brian D. Tome, Reilly McDevitt & Henrich, Wilmington, DE; John C. Phillips and David A. Bilson, Phillips Goldman McLaughlin & Hall, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Christian J. Singewald and Rochelle Gumapac, White and Williams LLP, Wilmington, DE; Kelly A. Costello, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Wilmington, DE; Timothy A. Sullivan III, Wilbraham, Lawler & Buba PC, Wilmington, DE for defendants.
    Case Number: D68936

    Motion to extend trial date denied where plaintiffs failed to meet good cause standard after failing to develop factual record required by Texas asbestos law after two extensions to trial date.

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  • Salzberg v. Sciabacucchi

    Publication Date: 2020-04-01
    Practice Area: Securities Litigation
    Industry: E-Commerce
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Valihura
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jason M. Leviton, Joel A. Fleming, Lauren Godles Milgroom and Amanda R. Crawford, Block & Leviton LLP, Boston, MA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: William B. Chandler, III, Bradley D. Sorrels, Lindsay Kwoka Faccenda, Andrew D. Berni, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C., Wilmington, DE; Boris Feldman and David J. Berger. Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C., Palo Alto, CA for defend-ants Lake, Anderson, Gurley, Hansen, McCollam, Wood, Ahuja, Carolan, Hastings, Hendricks, Hunt, Leff, Rothrock, Stitch Fix, Inc and Roku, Inc. Catherine G. Dearlove, Anthony M. Calvano and Tyre Tindall, Richards Layton & Finger, P.A., Wil-mington, DE; Michael T. Bongiorno, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr, LLP, New York, NY; Timothy J. Perla, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr, LLP, Boston, MA for defendants Salzberg, Bradley, Cool, Fox, Goodman, Hirshberg, Kelley and Blue Apron Holdings, Inc. Kurt M. Heyman, Melissa N. Donimirski and Aaron M. Nelson, Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel LLP, Wilmington, DE.
    Case Number: Valihura

    Federal forum provisions contained in corporate charters that required actions arising under federal securities law to be filed in a federal court were facially valid. Reversed.

  • Washington v. Delaware Transit Corp.

    Publication Date: 2020-03-18
    Practice Area: Occupational Safety and Health
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Valihura
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael I. Silverman and Adrienne McDonald, Silverman McDonald & Friedman, Wilmington, DE for claimant.
    for defendant: John J. Klusman and Kenneth L. Wan, Tybout Redfearn & Pell, Wilmington, DE for employer.
    Case Number: D68917

    The court erred in affirming a finding by the Industrial Accident Board that claimant was not permanently impaired based on the outcome of a temporary disability proceeding. Reversed and remanded, because claimant was entitled to the opportunity to present his evidence at a permanent impairment hearing.

  • Garrison v. Downing

    Publication Date: 2020-03-11
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Vaughn
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patrick J. Boyer, MacElree Havrey, Ltd., Centreville, DE for appellant
    for defendant: James P. Curran, Law Offices of James P. Curran, Jr., Newark, DE for appellee.
    Case Number: D68904

    "Contemplation of marriage" rule should not be extended to apply to premarital debts where rule was originally intended to apply to separate property that the parties intended to become marital property upon marriage.

  • Delaware Dep't of Natural Res. & Envt'l Control v. McGinnis Auto & Mobile Home Salvage, LLC

    Publication Date: 2020-03-04
    Practice Area: Environmental Law
    Industry: Chemicals and Materials | State and Local Government
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Seitz
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ralph K. Durstein III, Department of Justice, Dover, DE for appellant.
    for defendant: John W. Paradee, Daniel F. McAllister, Stephen A. Spence, and Brian V. DeMott, Baird Mandalas Brockstedt, LLC, Dover, DE for appellee.
    Case Number: D68895

    Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control's cease and desist powers could order a property owner to remove an environmentally-contaminating pile of waste, where the mere presence of the pile constituted an environmental violation and therefore removal of the pile would be required to cease and desist the violation.

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

    Publication Date: 2020-03-04
    Practice Area: Legal Malpractice
    Industry: Legal Services | Software
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Seitz
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher H. Lee and Blake A. Bennett, Cooch and Taylor, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Timothy S. Perkins, Underwood Perkins, P.C., Dallas, TX; Jeremy C. Martin, Martin Appeals, PLLC, Dallas, TX for plaintiff.
    for defendant: P. Clarkson Collins, Jr., Carl N. Kunz, III and Kathleen A. Murphy, Morris James LLP, Wilmington, DE; George M Kryder and Melissa L. James, Vinson & Elkins LLP, Dallas, TX for defendants.
    Case Number: D68897

    The statute of limitations in this legal malpractice claim began to run at the time the injury occurred, not when the damages were certain.