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  • Powell v. OTAC

    Publication Date: 2019-12-18
    Practice Area: Administrative Law
    Industry: Food and Beverage
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Valihura
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Walt F. Schmittinger and Candace E. Holmes, Schmittinger and Rodriguez, P.A., Dover, DE for claimant.
    for defendant: Andrew M. Lukashunas, Tybout, Redfearn & Pell, Wilmington, DE for employer.
    Case Number: D68812

    Substantial evidence supported the finding by the Industrial Accident Board that a claimant was not entitled to workers' compensation benefits.

  • Chaverri v. Dole Food Co.

    Publication Date: 2019-11-27
    Practice Area: Products Liability
    Industry: Agriculture | Food and Beverage
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Rocanelli
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew C. Dalton, Dalton & Associates, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Scott M. Hendler, Hendler Flores, PLLC, Austin, TX for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Somers S. Price, Jr., Potter, Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Andrea Neuman and Thomas Manakides, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, New York, NY; Adam Orlacchio and Brandon McCune, Blank Rome LLP, Wilmington, DE; Donald E. Reid, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael L. Brem, Shirrmeister, Diaz-Arrastia, Brem, LLP, Houston, TX; Timothy Jay Houseal, Jennifer M. Kinkus, and William E. Gamgort, Young, Conaway, Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE; John C. Phillips, Phillips, Goldman, McLaughlin & Hall, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Kelly E. Farnan and Katharine L. Mowery, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; James Semple, Cooch & Taylor, P.A., Wilmington, DE for defendant.
    Case Number: D68783

    Motion to vacate due to intervening legal decisions denied where plaintiffs unreasonably delayed filing their motion and where decisions cited in support of motion were non-controlling law.

  • Holben v. Pepsi Bottling Ventures, LLC

    Publication Date: 2019-11-20
    Practice Area: Fee Disputes
    Industry: Food and Beverage | Manufacturing
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Clark
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Walt F. Schmittinger and Candace E. Holmes, Schmittinger & Rodriguez, P.A., Dover, DE, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert S. Hunt, Franklin & Prokopik, Wilmington, DE, attorney for appellee.
    Case Number: D68774

    The Industrial Accident Board erred in awarding attorneys' fees that exceeded 30 percent of the amount on an "issue" in which a claimant obtained a recovery greater than that offered by the employer prior to hearing.

  • Wenske v. Blue Bell Creameries, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2019-09-11
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: Food and Beverage
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Slights
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jessica Zeldin, Monhait & Goddess, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Scott G. Burdine and Davie E. Wynne, Burdine Wynne LLP, Hou-ston, TX for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Timothy R. Dudderar, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants Blue Bell Creameries, U.S.A., Inc., Jim Kruse, Howard Kruse, Dickson, Rankin, Markwardt, Barhill, Ehlert, MacInerney and Ryan. Srinivas M. Raju and Kelly L. Freund, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE for defendants Bridges and Paul Kruse. Paul A. Fioravanti, Jr. and John G. Day, Prickett, Jones & Elliott, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Hugh C. Connor II, Michael D. Anderson and Caleb B. Bulls, Kelly Hart & Hallman, LLP, Fort Worth, TX for defendants Blue Bell Creameries, Inc. and Blue Bell Creameries, U.S.A., Inc. Joseph B. Cicero and Gregory E. Stuhlman, Chipman Brown Cicero & Cole, LLP, Wilmington, DE for Blue Bell Creameries L.P. Michael J. Maimone and Jospeh C. Schoell, Drinker Biddle and Reath LLP, Wilmington, DE for Special Litig. Comm. of Blue Bell Creameries, L.P.
    Case Number: D68701

    Agency principles prevented a special litigation committee from having authority to manage this derivative litigation, because the court had previously held that the sole general partner which created the committee had a disabling interest.

  • Pumphrey v. Allen Harim Foods

    Publication Date: 2019-09-11
    Practice Area: Administrative Law
    Industry: Food and Beverage | State and Local Government
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stokes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Timothy D. Pumphrey, Lincoln, DE, pro se appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel C. Mulveny and Victoria W. Counihan, Delaware Department of Justice, Wilmington, DE for appellee.
    Case Number: D68700

    The Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board properly affirmed a referee's decision, because the claimant failed to timely file his appeal. Affirmed.

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  • Sciabacucchi v. Salzberg

    Publication Date: 2019-07-24
    Practice Area: Attorney Rates and Arrangements | Corporate Entities
    Industry: Consumer Products | Food and Beverage | Insurance
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kurt M. Heyman and Melissa N. Donimirski, Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel LLP, Wilmington, DE; Jason M. Leviton and Joel A. Fleming, Block & Leviton LLP, Boston, MA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: William B. Chandler III, Randy J. Holland, Bradley D. Sorrels, Lindsay Kwoka Faccenda, Boris Feldman and David J. Berger, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C., Wilmington, DE and Palo Alto, CA for defendants Lake, Anderson, Gurley, Hansen, McCollam, Wood, Ahuja, Carolan, Hastings, Hendricks, Hunt, Leff, Rothrock and nominal defendants Stitch Fix, Inc. and Roku, Inc. Catherine G. Dearlove and Sarah T. Andrade, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Michael G. Bon-giorno and Timothy J. Perla, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, New York, NY and Boston, MA for defendants Salz-berg, Bradley, Cool, Fox, Goodman, Hirshberg, Kelley and nominal defendant Blue Apron Holdings, Inc.
    Case Number: D68642

    The attorney fees sought by plaintiff were reasonable, so the court ordered each of the nominal defendants to pay one-third of the award.

  • Lampkins v. Mitra QSR KNE, LLC

    Publication Date: 2019-06-26
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation
    Industry: Food and Beverage
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Connolly
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patrick C. Gallagher and Raeann Warner, Jacobs & Crumplar, P.A., Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.Patrick C. Gallagher and Raeann Warner, Jacobs & Crumplar, P.A., Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Richard A. Barkasy, Daniel M. Pereira, Jo Bennett and Samantha Banks, Schnader, Harrison, Segal & Lewis LLP, Wilming-ton, DE and Philadelphia, PA for defendant.
    Case Number: D68609

    In this employment discrimination case, plaintiff failed to establish the existence of a hostile work environment, so the court held defendant was entitled to judgment as a matter of law.

  • Protect Our Indian River v. Sussex County Bd. of Adjustment

    Publication Date: 2019-05-29
    Practice Area: Land Use and Planning
    Industry: Food and Beverage
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stokes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrea G. Green, Law Office of Andrea G. Green, Millsboro, DE for petitioners
    for defendant: Robert G. Gibbs and R. Eric Hacker, Morris James LLP, Georgetown, DE for respondents
    Case Number: D68576

    Special use exception application properly granted where applicant presented sufficient documents and testimony to permit the local board of adjustment to conclude applicant had met the requirements for a special use exception and where the board found petitioners' objections outweighed for not being directly connected to the proposed facility.

  • United States v. Cook

    Publication Date: 2019-05-29
    Practice Area: Banking and Finance Laws | Criminal Law
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Food and Beverage
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Connolly
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Whitney C. Cloud and Lesley F. Wolf, Assistant United States Attorneys, Wilmington, DE for the gov-ernment.
    for defendant: Thomas E. Carluccio and Frank G. Fina, Plymouth Meeting, PA for defendant.
    Case Number: D68580

    Ample evidence existed to support defendant's convictions for bank fraud and making false statements to a bank.

  • Arch Ins. Co. v. Murdock

    Publication Date: 2019-05-22
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance | Insurance Law
    Industry: Food and Beverage
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert J. Katzenstein and Kathleen M. Miller, Smith, Katzenstein & Jenkins LLP, Wilmington, DE; Ronald P. Schiller, Daniel J. Layden, and Bonnie M. Hoffman, Hangley Aronchick Segal Pudlin & Schiller, Philadelphia, PA; Michael L. Manire and Deeanna M. Galla, Manire & Galla LLP, New York, NY; Robert P. Colon and Kevin A. Lahm, Walker Wilcox Matousek LLP, Chicago, IL; Merril Hirsh, Merril Hirsh PLLC, Washington, DC for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Elena C. Norman and Mary F. Dugan, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor LLP, Wilmington, DE; Kirk A. Pasich and Pamela Woods, Pasich LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Mikaela Whitman and Jeffrey L. Schulman, Pasich LLP, New York, NY for defendants.
    Case Number: D68467

    Summary judgment in insurers' declaratory judgment action regarding coverage obligations denied in part where there was a genuine issue of material fact as to whether insurers unreasonably withheld consent to covered settlement or whether insureds breached cooperation clause by failing to respond to certain document and information requests by insurers.