• 300 W 22 Realty, LLC v. Strathmore Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2023-03-14
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Insurance | Real Estate
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Johnston
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Benjamin P. Chapple, Reed Smith LLP, Wilmington, DE; Nicholas M. Insua, Princeton, NJ for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Curtis J. Crowther, Robinson & Cole LLP, Wilmington, DE; Gregory P. Varga, Jonathan E. Small, Robinson & Cole LLP, Hartford, CT for defendant.

    Case Number: N22C-03-147 MMJ CCLD

    Court lacked personal jurisdiction over New York insurer which had issued policy through a New York broker to insure property located in New York City.

  • Church v. Harmon

    Publication Date: 2023-03-14
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Real Estate
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Jones
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David E. Matlusky, The Matlusky Firm, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Evan Rassman, Emily Letcher, Cohen Seglias, Palias, Greenhall & Furman, P.C., for defendants.

    Case Number: N22C-08-453 FJJ

    The court denied a motion to dismiss a claim for waste on the grounds that plaintiff's claims sufficiently laid out a claim for waste on the grounds that plaintiff sufficiently pled that a mortgage encumbered a property that he had a certain future interest in and therefore his claims fell squarely within the jurisdiction of the superior court.

  • Farley v. Bonefish Grill, LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-03-07
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Food and Beverage | Hospitality and Lodging
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Brennan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sean Gambogi, Kimmel, Carter, Roam, Peltz & O’Neill, P.A., Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Kevin Connors, Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin, Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: N17C-12-265 DJB

    Motion for new trial based on spoliated video footage denied where the footage would not have captured evidence relevant to plaintiff's slip and fall claim.

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

    Publication Date: 2023-02-28
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Insurance | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Wallace
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald L. Gouge, Donald L. Gouge, Jr., LLC, Wilmington, DE; Michael J. Miller, Joseph M. Kelleher, Charles J. Vinicombe, Phillip J. Farinella, Cozen O’Connor, Philadelphia, PA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Steven L. Caponi, Matthew B. Goeller, K&L Gates LLP, Wilmington, DE; Steven Sklaver, Krysta Kauble Pachman, Susman Godfrey LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Ari Ruben, Susman Godfrey LLP, New York, NY for defendants.

    Case Number: N19C-11-175-PRW CCLD

    Court declined summary judgment on fraud claims arising from stranger-originated life insurance policies as the parties had genuine factual disputes over whether each acted knowingly or recklessly in maintaining the policies despite having knowledge or inquiry notice as to the void nature of the insurance policies.

  • Liborio III L.P. v. Artesian Water Co., Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-02-28
    Practice Area: Public Utilities
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Wallace
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: L. Vincent Ramunno, Ramunno & Ramunno, P.A., Wilmington, DE for plaintiff
    for defendant: Colin D. Dougherty, Fox Rothschild LLP, Blue Bell, PA; Courtney A. Emerson, Artesian Water Company, Inc., Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: N22C-06-109 PRW

    Breach of contract and fraud claims dismissed where public utility regulations plainly applied to parties' subsequently adopted water services agreement and the agreement explicitly referenced the applicability of the regulation to the agreement.

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  • Smartmatic USA Corp., v. Newsmax Media Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-02-21
    Practice Area: Business Torts
    Industry: Software | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael J. Barrie, Kate Harmon, Benesch, Friedlander, Corplan & Aronoff LLP, Wilmington, DE; Erik Connolly, Nicole Wrigley, Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff, LLP, Chicago, IL for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Richard L. Renck, Tracey E. Timlin, Duane Morris LLP, Wilmington, DE; Howard M. Cooper, Joseph M. Cacace, Jason M. Brown, Todd & Weld LLP, Boston MA; Mark A. Lerner, Duane Morris LLP, New York, NY for defendants.

    Case Number: N21C-11-028 EMD

    Court denied motion to dismiss a defamation claim filed against defendant news agency on the grounds that plaintiff properly pled that defendant made false statements with actual malice.

  • Medlink Health Solutions, LLC v. JL Kaya, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-02-21
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Distribution and Wholesale | Legal Services | Manufacturing
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Jones
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Aman Kaushik Sharma, The Sharma Law Firm, LLC, Wilmington, DE for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: David A. Felice, Bailey & Glasser LLP, Wilmington, DE; Ari S. Casper, Ralph S. Tyler, The Casper Firm, LLC, Baltimore, MD for defendants.

    Case Number: N22C-09-799 FJJ

    Court could exercise personal jurisdiction over parties who had been afforded certain rights and benefits under a settlement agreement, even though they were not signatories to the settlement.

  • US Dominion, Inc. v. Fox News Network

    Publication Date: 2023-02-21
    Practice Area: Litigation
    Industry: Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: N21C-03-257 EMD

    The court applied N.Y. C.P.L.R. §76-a to a defamation dispute regarding New York's anti-SLAPP statute, relying on precedent holding that where the procedural rules of the "foreign state" are so "inseparably interwoven" with the substantive rights as to render a modification of the foregoing rule necessary, the foreign state's laws may apply.

  • Zenith Energy Terminals Joliet Holdings LLC v. CenterPoint Props. Trust

    Publication Date: 2023-02-21
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Cargo and Shipping | Construction | Energy
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher Viceconte, Gibbons P.C., Wilmington, DE; Patrick J. Lamb, J’Aimee Crockett, ElevateNext Law, Chicago, IL for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: F. Troupe Mickler IV, Randal J. Teti, Ashby & Geddes, P.A., Wilmington, DE; James D. Dasso, Jennifer S. Park, and Mason D. Roberts, Foley & Lardner LLP, Chicago, IL for defendant.

    Case Number: N19C-10-054 EMD CCLD

    Court declined to enter summary judgment on breach of contract claim where the parties' evidence created genuine issues of material fact regarding whether defendant had used reasonable best efforts to complete the project.

  • BDO USA, LLP v. EverGlade Global, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-02-14
    Practice Area: Business Torts
    Industry: Accounting | Consulting
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge McCormick
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ethan Townsend, Kevin M. Regan, Ashley R. Altschuler, McDermott Will & Emery LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael J. Sheehan, McDermott Will & Emery LLP, Chicago, IL; Russell Hayman, McDermott Will & Emery LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Sarah E. Walters, McDermott Will & Emery LLP, Boston, MA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Julia B. Klein, Klein LLC, Wilmington, DE; Lita Beth Wright, Amini LLC, New York NY for defendant.

    Case Number: N22C-12-063 KSM CCLD

    Court granted default judgment as a sanction for the destruction of evidence that apparently would prove defendant's liability.