• Rodriguez v. Capital Vision Serv., LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-02-28
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: Health Care | Retail
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Andrews
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 21-1222-RGA

    Discrimination claims failed due to lack of evidence that discriminatory animus motivated adverse employment decisions or lack of adequate comparators, where employer had performance-related reasons for its decision.

  • Malkani v. Cunningham

    Publication Date: 2023-02-21
    Practice Area: Corporate Entities
    Industry: Health Care | Investments and Investment Advisory | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Philip Trainer, Jr., Marie M. Degnan, Randall J. Teti, Ashby & Geddes, Wilmington, DE; Marcos D. Jimenez, Marcos D. Jimenez, P.A., Miami, FL for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Ryan P. Newell, Lakshmi A. Muthu, Tara C. Pakrouh, Michael A. Carbonara, Jr., Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael C. Heyden, Jr., Joseph E. Brenner, Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: 2020-1004-SG

    Parties had reached valid and enforceable contract where plaintiff met his performance obligation under the contract and his request for ancillary documents was not material to the parties' agreement as plaintiff continued to perform.

  • Hansen v. Brandywine Nursing & Rehab. Ctr., Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-02-07
    Practice Area: Wrongful Death
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Butler
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Neil R. Lapinski, Phillip A. Giordano, Madeline R. Silverman, Gordon Fournaris & Mammarella, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Michael P. Minuti, McCan Dillon Jaffe & Lamb, LLC, Wilmington, DE for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Stephen J. Milewski, Roopa Sabesan, White and Williams LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: N21C-03-233 CEB

    Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act of 2005 did not afford immunity to nursing homes for residents' COVID-19 deaths allegedly caused by negligent infection control procedures.

  • Payne v. Unemployment Ins. Appeal Bd.

    Publication Date: 2023-01-31
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: Health Care | Hospitality and Lodging
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Wharton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard T. Wilson, Joe Klusman, Legal Services Corporation of Delaware, Inc., Wilmington, DE for appellant.
    for defendant: Victoria Counihan, Deputy Attorney General, Victoria Goff, Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice, Wilmington, DE; Ingleside Homes, Inc. Wilmington, DE for appellees.

    Case Number: N22A-09-002 FWW

    Employer's failure to appear before the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board or to obtain legal counsel required reversal of decision affirming appeal referee's determination that employee was discharged for good cause and thereby disqualified from unemployment compensation benefits.

  • Principal Growth Strategies, LLC v. AGH Parent LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-01-24
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Consulting | Insurance | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brett D. Fallon, Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, Wilmington, DE; Warren E. Gluck, Richard A. Bixter, Jr., Holland & Knight LLP, New York, NY for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: R. Craig Martin, Amy Evans, DLA Piper LLP (US), Wilmington, DE; Ellen E. Dew, DLA Piper LLP (US), Baltimore, MD; Aidan M. McCormack, R. Brian Seibert, Steven M. Rosato, DLA Piper LLP (US), New York, NY for defendants.

    Case Number: 2019-0431-JTL

    Litigation against distressed insurer stayed in favor of ongoing rehabilitation proceedings in another state, but basis for stay did not apply to insurer's separate, wholly-owned management consultant company.

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  • In re: Quorum Health Corp.

    Publication Date: 2023-01-24
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy
    Industry: Health Care | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: U.S. Bankruptcy Court
    Judge: Judge Shannon
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 20-10766 (BLS)

    Court dismissed adversary complaint seeking to revoke plan of reorganization where plaintiff was an unimpaired general unsecured creditor who was not entitled to vote on the plan.

  • McRedmond v. HCR Healthcare, LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-01-10
    Practice Area: Wrongful Death
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Connolly
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patrick Christopher Gallagher, Jacobs & Crumplar, P.A., Wilmington, DE for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Geoffrey Graham Grivner, Kody Macgyver Sparks, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC, Wilmington, DE; Joshua T. Calo, David L. Gordon, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC, Princeton, NJ for defendants.

    Case Number: 22-692-CFC

    Execution of agreement upon subsequent admission to nursing home facility superseded arbitration agreements signed on a prior admission where the second agreement conflicted with the terms of the prior arbitration agreement.

  • Trust Robin, Inc. v. Tissue Analytics, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-12-20
    Practice Area: Business Torts
    Industry: E-Commerce | Health Care | Software
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen C. Norman, Jaclyn C. Levy, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Gary W. Lipkin, Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr, LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: 2021-0806-SG

    Fraud claims were not barred by economic loss doctrine where plaintiff had alleged fraudulent representations and concealment committed by defendants outside the scope of the parties' contractual obligations, such that the fraud allegations were distinct from allegations of non-performance.

  • Grottenthaler v. SVN Med, LLC

    Publication Date: 2022-12-13
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation
    Industry: Biotechnology | Health Care | Manufacturing
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Butler
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael W. McDermott, David B. Anthony, Berger Harris LLP, Wilmington, DE; Bryan J. Wick, Jack Lilley, Wick Phillips Gould & Martin, LLP, Dallas TX for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Blake Rohrbacher, Samuel J. Gray, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Matthew Messerli, The Messerli Law Firm, Trophy Club, TX for defendant.

    Case Number: N21C-12-131 CEB

    Suit for wages and severance pay was not dismissed where employer identified no condition precedent to terminated employee's right to receive wages, and where there were outstanding issues of material fact concerning whether employer had materially breached the parties' contract, entitling employee to receive separation pay.

  • Am. Healthcare Admin. Serv. Inc. v. Aizen

    Publication Date: 2022-12-06
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Health Care | Insurance | Pharmaceuticals
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas W. Briggs, Jr., Sabrina M. Hendershot, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Christopher R. Rodriguez, Andrew D. Bluth, Singleton Schreiber LLP, Sacramento, CA for plaintiffs/counter-claim defendants.
    for defendant: Paul D. Brown, Joseph B. Cicero, Gregory E. Stuhlman, Aidan T. Hamilton, Chipman Brown Cicero & Cole, LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendant/counterclaim-plaintiff.

    Case Number: 2019-0793-JTL

    The court found for plaintiff stockholders who sought a specific performance order compelling a corporation's former CEO to release funds which were held in an escrow account.