• Cent. States, Se. & Sw. Areas Pension Fund v. Laguna Dairy

    Publication Date: 2023-12-04
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: Agriculture | Food and Beverage
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Hughes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William D. Sullivan, Sullivan Hazeltine Allison LLC, Wilmington, DE; Andrew J. Henrik, Sullivan Hazeltine Allison LLC, Rosemont, IL for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Rudolf Koch, Jason J. Rawnsley, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; James L. Bromley, Andrew J. Finn, Zachary R. Ingber, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York, NY for defendants.

    Case Number: 22-1135-TMH

    Multiemployer pension plan lacked statutory cause of action under the Multi-employer Pension Plan Amendments Act to enforce private settlement over withdrawal liability where settlement did not qualify as revised assessment.

  • In re: Healthcare Real Estate Partners, LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-11-27
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory | Real Estate
    Court: U.S. Bankruptcy Court
    Judge: Judge Goldblatt
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 15-11931 (CTG)

    Court erred in capping fees for work performed on both a §303(i) motion and a §362(k) complaint since the debtor could have obtained its full fees had it only filed the complaint and was thus effectively "punished" for filing the motion.

  • Middlecap Assoc., LLC, v. The Town of Middletown

    Publication Date: 2023-10-30
    Practice Area: Land Use and Planning
    Industry: Construction | Real Estate | State and Local Government
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Butler
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John W. Paradee, Brian V. DeMott, Baird Mandalas Brockstedt & Federico, LLC, Dover, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Scott G. Wilcox, Giordano, DelCollo, Werb & Gagne, LLC, Wilmington, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: N23C-03-181 CEB

    The court found that the complaint for certiorari regarding the denial of a conditional use permit was not untimely filed, the claim was not barred by plaintiff's failure to exhaust its administrative remedies, and the mayor and members of the town council were immune from suit in their individual capacity.

  • Bajwa v. Millcreek Shopping Ctr. LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-08-28
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Construction | Real Estate | Retail
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Wallace
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James P. Hall, Phillips, McLaughlin & Hall, P.A. Wilmington, DE, attorney for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Marissa D. White, Law Offices of Wade A. Adams, III, Newark, DE; Daniel P. Daly, Casarino Christman Shalk Ransom & Doss, P.A., Wilmington, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: N21C-08-110 PRW

    Court denied summary judgment to shopping center owner in premises liability action where there were genuine issues of material fact regarding whether agreement with maintenance company constituted owner relinquishing possession and actual control of the premises.

  • In re: AP Orangevale, LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-08-21
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Goldblatt
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 23-10687 (CTG)

    The bankruptcy court found sufficient cause to lift the stay to allow an unlawful detainer action against debtor pending in California to go forward, concluding that resolution of the dispute was best left to the California courts.

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  • REO Trust 2017-RPL1 v. Short Sale, LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-08-14
    Practice Area: Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Real Estate
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Brennan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Janet Charlton, Michael Pak, McCabe, Weisberg & Conway, LLC, Wilmington, DE for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Robert J. Valihura, Morton, Valihura & Zerbato, LLC, Greenville DE for defendant.

    Case Number: N20L-10-029 DJB

    Although mortgagor should have been noticed in second foreclosure action filed against purchaser at first sheriff's sale, the mortgagor's failure to participate in prior foreclosure action and purchaser being placed on constructive notice of potential mortgage liens on the property meant no interested party was prejudiced by the defect.

  • Ridgewood Manor MHC, LLC v. Ridgewood Manor HOA

    Publication Date: 2023-07-17
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Hospitality and Lodging
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Green-Streett
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David C. Zerbato, Moton, Valihura & Zerbato, LLC, Greenville, DE for appellant.
    for defendant: Anthony V. Panicola, Olga K. Beskrone, Colten L. Fleu, Community Legal Aid Society, Inc., Dover, DE for appellee.

    Case Number: K21A-10-002 RLG

    Arbitrator erred by considering and carving out a manufactured home community owner's acquisition costs in denying the owner's request for an above-inflation rent increase, where the analytical framework merely required the arbitrator to consider the statutory factors after finding the owner had made capital expenditures that directly related to the community maintenance and improvement.

  • Coster v. UIP Co. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-07-10
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Seitz
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Max B. Walton, Kyle Evans Gay, Connolly Gallagher LLP, Newark, DE; Michael K. Ross, Serine Consolino, Aegis Law Group LLP, Washington, DC for appellant.
    for defendant: Deborah B. Baum, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, Washington, DC; Stephen B. Brauerman, Elizabeth A. Powers, Bayard, P.A., Wilmington, DE for appellees.

    Case Number: 163, 2022

    Stock issuance that diluted interest of stockholder with one-half interest who had filed a custodian action to break board election deadlock was not inequitable where issuance was reasonably calculated to prevent default under company's key contracts and had the benefit of retaining a key employee, while stockholder was not coerced as she retained a swing vote.

  • Schafer v. Kent County Dep't of Planning Serv.

    Publication Date: 2023-06-13
    Practice Area: Land Use and Planning
    Industry: Real Estate | State and Local Government
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Clark
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John W. Paradee, Brian V. DeMott, J. Garrett Miller, Baird, Mandalas, Brockstedt, Federico & Cardea, LLC, Dover, DE for petitioners.
    for defendant: Daniel A. Griffith, Whiteford, Taylor & Preston, LLC, Wilmington, DE; Richard A. Forsten, Pamela J. Scott, Gary W. Lipkin, Saul, Ewing, Arnstein & Lehr, LLP, Wilmington, DE for respondents.

    Case Number: K22C-11-014 JJC

    Although court lacked statutory authority to hear appeal from administrative decision of county staff since the statute only permitted appeals of decisions by the county's governing board, landowners could challenge the legality of a minor subdivision approval through a writ of certiorari.

  • In re: Healthcare Real Estate Partners, LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-05-30
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory | Real Estate
    Court: U.S. Bankruptcy Court
    Judge: Judge Goldblatt
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 15-11931 (CTG)

    Debtor could recover reasonable legal costs incurred in dismissing involuntary petition filed by creditors to trigger their contractual rights to remove debtor from management role, rather than recover their claims against debtor's estate, but debtor suffered no lost profits damages where it was already an effectively defunct business at the time of the petition.