• Harris v. Innovate Biopharmaceuticals, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2019-10-30
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Consulting | Investments and Investment Advisory | Pharmaceuticals
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Cooch
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David W. deBruin, Gawthrop Greenwood, PC, Wilmington, DE; Jarod Bona and Steven Levitsky, Bona Law PC , New York, NY for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Catherine A. Gaul, Ashby & Geddes, Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: D68754

    In this dispute involving a stock option agreement, defendant complied with all of its obligations, so the court granted de-fendant's motion to dismiss all of plaintiffs' claims.

  • Saez v. Nephrology Assoc., P.A.

    Publication Date: 2019-10-30
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation
    Industry: Health Care | Recruitment and Staffing
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Cooch
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daniel C. Herr, Law Office of Daniel C. Herr, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Alan D. Albert, O’Hagan Meyer PLLC, Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: D68757

    An employer had the right to direct, control and supervise a doctor's work under the terms of an employment agreement.

  • Bank of America v. Brown

    Publication Date: 2019-10-23
    Practice Area: Occupational Safety and Health
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Rennie
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul V. Tatlow, Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin for appellant.
    for defendant: Gary S. Nitsche and Katherine L. Hemming, Weik, Nitsche & Dougherty, LLL for appellee.

    Case Number: D68745

    The Industrial Accident Board failed to make findings that a worker's job duties were the substantial cause of her injuries.

  • Colburn v. Bd. of Adjustment of the City of New Castle

    Publication Date: 2019-10-23
    Practice Area: Administrative Law
    Industry: Real Estate | State and Local Government
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Butler
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Josiah Wolcott, Connolly Gallagher LLP for appellants.
    for defendant: Daniel Losco and Geena Khomenko George, Losco & Marconi, P.A. for appellees.

    Case Number: D68746

    A board of adjustment failed to articulate the reasons why a building official's determination about the characterization of a right of way was correct.

  • Trustwave Holdings, Inc. v. Beazley Ins. Co., Inc.

    Publication Date: 2019-10-16
    Practice Area: Insurance Litigation
    Industry: Insurance | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Wallace
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jody Barillare, Beth Herrington and Zachary Ryan Lazar, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Michael C. Heyden and Scott Schmookler, Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: D68741

    The court granted plaintiff's motion to dismiss some of the insurers' claims due to the statute of limitations, but it declined to dismiss the contractual indemnification claims.

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  • Hrycak v. Pub. Storage, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2019-10-16
    Practice Area: Premises Liability
    Industry:
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Philip M. Finestrauss, Philip M. Finestrauss, P.A., Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: David W. Giattino, McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter, LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: D68735

    Premises liability case dismissed where plaintiff had executed limitation of liability contractual provision releasing defendant from liability for prospective negligence, where the provision was unambiguous, not unconscionable where plaintiff had a meaningful choice to accept, and where there was no specific public policy against contractual release of prospective negligence.

  • Schmidt v. The Washington Newspaper Publ'g Co., LLC

    Publication Date: 2019-10-16
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Scott
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bartholomew J. Dalton, Dalton & Assoc., PA, Wilmington, DE; Andrea L. Lewis, Searcey, Denney, Scarola Barnhart & Ship-ley, PA, West Palm Beach, FL for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Joseph J. Bellew, White and Williams LLP, Wilmington, DE; Todd R. Ehrenreich and David L. Luck of Lewis, Brisbois, Bisgaard & Smith, Miami, FL for defendant.

    Case Number: D68740

    Plaintiff's defamation claims were timely filed in accordance with Delaware's savings statute, but Delaware was not a proper forum for this dispute, so the court granted defendant's motion to dismiss.

  • State of Delaware ex. rel. French v. CVS Health Corp.

    Publication Date: 2019-10-09
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: Retail | State and Local Government
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Wallace
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bruce E. Jameson and Samuel L. Closic, Prickett, Jones & Elliott, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Justin S. Brooks and Elizabeth H. Shofner, Guttman & Buschner & Brooks, PLLC, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff-relator.
    for defendant: Kenneth J. Nachbar, Michael Houghton, Matthew R. Clark and Barnaby Grzaslewicz, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Ethan D. Miller, Jason D. Popp and Gavin Reinke. Alston & Bird LLP for CVS Health Corporation. Stephen E. Jenkins, Catherine Gaul, F. Troupe Mickler, IV, Ashby & Geddes, Wilmington, DE for Card Compliant and CardFact defend-ants. Brian E. Farnan , Farnan LLP, Wilmington, DE for Vacation Properties United Ltd. and The Factoring Co.

    Case Number: D68731

    The court dismissed this qui tam action involving an allegedly fraudulent scheme for depriving the state of money it was enti-tled to from unused gift cards.

  • State of Delaware v. Kent

    Publication Date: 2019-10-09
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Medinilla
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Amanda J. DiLiberto, Department of Justice, Wilmington, DE for the state.
    for defendant: John S. Edinger, Jr. , Office of Defense Services, Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: D68732

    Defendant was not entitled to an acquittal for the lesser-included offense of attempted rape, because the state presented evi-dence that defendant took a substantial step in completing that crime.

  • Powell v. AmGuard Ins Co.

    Publication Date: 2019-10-02
    Practice Area: Insurance Litigation
    Industry: Construction | Insurance
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Clark
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John S. Spadaro ,John Sheehan Spadaro, LLC, Smyrna, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Thaddeus J. Weaver, Dilworth Paxson, LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: D68724

    The court denied an insurer's motion for summary judgment, because factual issues existed regarding whether the insurer act-ed recklessly and in bad faith.