• In re: Veale

    Publication Date: 2022-11-08
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Health Care
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Andrews
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sean A. Meluney, Matthew D. Beebe, Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff LLP, Wilmington, DE for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter K. Schaeffer, Jr., Avenue Law, Dover, DE for appellee.

    Case Number: 21-10418-BLS

    Creditor's complaint seeking to declare personal guaranty nondischargeable in bankruptcy dismissed where creditor failed to allege facts to support that borrower or guarantor intentionally made misrepresentations concerning the state of borrower's business or guarantor's individual financial situation.

  • In re P3 Health Group Holdings, LLC

    Publication Date: 2022-11-08
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Health Care | Investments and Investment Advisory | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Chancellor Laster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bruce E. Jameson, Corinne Elise Amato, Eric J. Juray, Elizabeth Wang, Prickett, Jones & Elliott, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Craig Carpenito, Richard H. Walker, Samuel C. Cortina, King & Spalding LLP, New York, NY for Hudson Vegas Investment SPV, LLC. William M. Lafferty, Kevin M. Coen, Ryan D. Stottmann, Sara Toscano, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE for Jessica Puathasnanon and P3 Health Group Holdings, LLC.
    for defendant: Kevin R. Shannon, Christopher N. Kelly, Daniel M. Rusk IV, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; William K. Kane, Sheppard Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP, Chicago, Il; James C. Wald, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP, Los Angeles, CA for Chicago Pacific Founders Fund, L.P., CPF P3 Splitter, LLC, Greg Kazarian, Larry Leisure, Mary Tolan and Sameer Mathur. Elena C. Norman, Paul J. Loughman, Lakshmi A. Muthu, Alberto E. Chávez, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor LLP, Wilmington, DE for Sherif W. Abdou, Amir Bacchus, Gary Garrett, Lorie Glisson, Taylor Leavitt, and Tom Price.

    Case Number: 2021-0518-JTL

    Court denied a motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction finding that the defendant, although not an official manager of the LLC, had participated "materially" in a managerial capacity.

  • In Re P3Health Group Holdings. LLC

    Publication Date: 2022-11-01
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Health Care | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bruce E. Jameson, Corinne Elise Amato, Eric J. Juray, Elizabeth Wang, Prickett, Jones & Elliott, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Craig Carpenito, Richard H. Walker, Samuel C. Cortina, King & Spalding LLP, New York, NY for Hudson Vegas Investment SPV, LLC
    for defendant: William M. Lafferty, Kevin M. Coen, Ryan D. Stottmann, Sara Toscano, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE for Jessica Puathasnanon and P3 Health Group Holdings, LLC; Kevin R. Shannon, Christopher N. Kelly, Daniel M. Rusk Iv, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP Wilmington, DE; William K. Kane, Sheppard Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP, Chicago, IL; James C. Wald, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP, Los Angeles, CA for Chicago Pacific Founders Fund, L.P., CPF P3 Splitter, LLC, Greg Kazarian, Larry Leisure, Mary Tolan, Sameer Mathur; Elena C. Norman, Paul J. Loughman, Lakshmi A. Muthu, Alberto E. Chávez, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor LLP, Wilmington, DE for Sherif W. Abdou, Amir Bacchus, Gary Garrett, Lorie Glisson, Taylor Leavitt, and Tom Price; Steven T. Margolin, Samuel L. Moultrie, Corrinne R. Moini, Greenberg Traurig LLP, Wilmington, DE for Foresight Acquisition Corporation, Foresight Acquisition Corporation II and Greg Wasson.

    Case Number: 2021-0518-JTL

    Court denied motion to dismiss finding defendant had sufficient minimum contacts and nexus with the State of Delaware to warrant the court's exercise of personal jurisdiction.

  • Wilson v. Gingerich Concrete & Masonry

    Publication Date: 2022-10-18
    Practice Area: Administrative Law
    Industry: Construction | Health Care
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Valihura
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Walt Schmittinger, Gary Junge, Schmittinger & Rodriguez, Dover, DE for appellant.
    for defendant: H. Garrett Baker, Ezzufon, Austin & Mondell, Wilmington, DE for appellee.

    Case Number: K21A-06-002

    Court affirmed the decision of the Industrial Accident Board and the Superior Court denying compensation for a surgery arising out of a workers' compensation claim.

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

    Publication Date: 2022-10-11
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: E-Commerce | Health Care | Software
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen Norman, Jaclyn Levy, Charles Hallinan, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Gary Lipkin, Alexandra D. Rogin, Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC, Wilmington, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: 2021-0806-SG

    Court of Chancery held that they had proper subject matter jurisdiction over a case where plaintiffs pled breach of contract, torts, and equitable fraud. The court noted that because plaintiffs pled equitable fraud, which could not be properly adjudged by law, jurisdiction was proper.

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  • United States v. Sponaugle

    Publication Date: 2022-09-20
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry: Federal Government | Health Care
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Stark
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 19-103-LPS

    The court rejected the government's restitution request as untimely filed, and imposed an amount of mandatory restitution based on the limited record evidence of the victims' lost financial assets and loss of income.

  • Anderson v. GI Assoc. of Delaware, P.A.

    Publication Date: 2022-09-06
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Medinilla
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Timothy E. Lengkeek, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, Wilmington, DE for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Lorenza A. Wolhar, Bradley J. Goewert, Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin, Wilmington, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: D69948

    Court denied defendant doctor's motion to dismiss petition arising out of a wrongful death case for a patient.

  • Steward Health Care Sys, LLC v. Tenet Bus. Serv. Corp.

    Publication Date: 2022-08-16
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael A. Barlow and Adam K. Schulman, Abrams & Bayliss LLP, Wilmington, DE; Anthony Bongiorno and Jessica Reese, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, Boston, MA; Rollo C. Baker IV, Jared Ruocco, and Eric White, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, New York, NY for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Lewis H. Lazarus, K. Tyler O’Connell, Albert J. Carroll, and Barnaby Grzaslewicz, Morris James LLP, Wilmington, DE; Stephen C. Hackney, P.C., Timothy W. Knapp, P.C., and Brendan E. Ryan, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Chicago, IL for defendants.

    Case Number: D69921

    In lieu of a demonstration of likelihood of success on the merits, court granted preliminary injunctive relief compelling specific performance, conditioned on plaintiffs' posting of a bond sufficient to cover the service fees defendants were owed under the parties contract.

  • HUMC Holdco, LLC v. MPT of Hoboken TRS, LLC

    Publication Date: 2022-08-16
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: Health Care | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Chancellor McCormick
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Busenkell, Margaret F. England, Bradley P. Lehman, Gellert Scali Busenkell & Brown LLC, Wilmington, DE for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Patricia L. Enerio, Jamie L. Brown, Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel LLP, Wilmington, DE; Christopher J. Sullivan, Nutter, McClennan & Fish LLP, New York, NY; Thomas A. Uebler, Joseph Christensen, McCollom D’Emilio Smith Uebler LLC, Wilmington, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: D69919

    Laches barred contract, fraud, and waste claims arising from the payment of management fees where rejection of claimant's request for books/records/information meant that it could no longer be "blamelessly ignorant" of any alleged wrongdoing and therefore the running of the limitations period was triggered.

  • McGlothlin v. Petrunich Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery

    Publication Date: 2022-08-02
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Wharton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michele D. Allen, Emily A. Biffen, Allen & Associates, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Daniel C. Herr, Law Office of Daniel C. Herr LLC, Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: D69908

    Pregnancy discrimination and wrongful termination claims were not dismissed where the lack of a disciplinary record could permit an inference of a nexus between employee's pregnancy and maternity leave and employer's decision to terminate.