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  • State v. Boyd

    Publication Date: 2019-07-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Johnston
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew C. Bloom, Dep't of Justice, Wilmington, DE for the state.
    for defendant: Joe Hurley for defendant.
    Case Number: D68628

    The court granted a motion to suppress with regard to defendant's inculpatory statements made after the interviewer made threatening comments and posed leading questions to elicit admissions by defendant.

  • West v. Access Control Related Enter., LLC

    Publication Date: 2019-06-26
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Johnston
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Geoffrey G. Grivner, Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney, PC; Ekwan E. Rhow, Sharon Mayer, and Patricia H. Jun, Bird, Marella, Boxer, Wolpert, Nessim, Drooks, Lincenberg & Rhow, P.C. for plaintiff
    for defendant: Justin K. Victor, Michael L. Banks, and Vishal H. Shah, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP for defendants.
    Case Number: D68608

    Implied covenant and conversion claims dismissed as duplicative of breach of contract claims where contract expressly defined expectations of the parties and where conversion of contractually-promised assets had to be brought as a contractual claim.

  • Buhrman v. Courtyard by Marriott, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2019-04-17
    Practice Area: Contracts | Damages
    Industry: Hospitality and Lodging | Insurance
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Johnston
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul D. Sunshine, Reger, Rizzo, & Darnall, LLP; Eileen M. Ford, Marks, O'Neill, O'Brien, Doherty, & Kelly, P.C., attorneys for defendants
    for defendant: N/A
    Case Number: D68528

    Indemnification for party's own negligence was triggered under the co-defendants' agreement by plaintiff's complaint asserting similar allegations of negligence against both sets of defendants.

  • ISN Software Corp. v. Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A.

    Publication Date: 2019-03-06
    Practice Area: Legal Malpractice | Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory | Legal Services | Software
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Johnston
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher H. Lee and Blake A. Bennett, Cooch and Taylor, P.A.; Timothy S. Perkins, Underwood Perkins, P.C. for plaintiff.
    for defendant: P. Clarkson Collins, Jr., Carl N. Kunz, III, and Kathleen A. Murphy, Morris James LLP; George M. Kryder and Melissa L. James, Vinson & Elkins LLP for defendants.
    Case Number: D68450

    Legal malpractice action accrued once counsel advised plaintiff client of potential issues with counsel's advice regarding a cash-out merger, which could have resulted financial losses for plaintiffs.

  • The Lima Delta Co. v. Gulfstream Aerospace Corp.

    Publication Date: 2019-02-27
    Practice Area: Commercial Law
    Industry: Aerospace
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Johnston
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jennifer L. Dering, Joseph A. Martin and Jeffrey Lubin, Martin Law Firm LLC for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Brett D. Fallon, Morris James LLP; Gary L. Halbert, Holland & Knight LLP for defendants.
    Case Number: D68475

    The court granted defendants' motion to dismiss because: (1) plaintiffs' tort claims based on an aircraft crash were barred by the economic loss doctrine, (2) plaintiffs failed to allege their fraud claims with particularity, and (3) the statute of limitations barred the breach of warranty claim.

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  • State of Delaware v. Purdue Pharma L.P.

    Publication Date: 2019-02-20
    Practice Area: Consumer Protection
    Industry: Pharmaceuticals | Retail
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Johnston
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ryan P. Newell, Shaun Michael Kelly and Kyle Evans Gay of Connolly Gallagher, LLP; Richard W. Fields of Fields PLLC; Scott W. Gilbert, Richard Shore, Mark A. Packman, Jenna A. Hudson, Michael B. Rush, Monique T. Abrishami and Richard J. Leveridge, Gilbert LLP, Washington, DC; Kathleen Jen-nings, attorney general, and Michael Vild and Michelle Whalen, Delaware Dep't of Justice for the state.
    for defendant: Brian D. Tome and Kelly E. Rowe, Reilly, McDevitt & Henrich, PC, Wilmington, DE; Mark S. Cheffo, Hay-den A. Coleman, Debra D. O'Gorman and Judy L. Leone, Dechert LLP, Philadelphia, PA for defendant Purdue Pharma. Michael P. Kelly, Steven P. Wood, Daniel J. Brown and Hayley J. Reese, McCarter & English, Wilmington, DE; John A. Freedman and Sean O. Morris, Arnold & Porter Kay Scholer LLP, Los Angeles, CA for defendant Endo Pharmaceuticals. Kevin B. Collins, Katherine B. Shaffer and Neil K. Roman, Covington & Burling, New York, NY; A. Thompson Bayliss, Michael A. Barlow, Sarah E. Delia, David A. Seal and Daniel J. McBride, Abrams & Bayliss, Wilmington, DE for defendant McKesson Corp. David A. Felice, Bailey & Glasser LLP, Wilmington, DE, Steven Pyser, Ashley W. Hardin and Joshua D. Tully, Williams & Connolly, Washington, DC for defendant Cardinal Health. Jennifer C. Wasson, Jesse L. Noa and Carla M. Jones, Potter, Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Louis W. Schack, Shan-non E. McClure and Neil A. Hlawatsch of Reed Smith LLP for defendant AmerisourceBergen. Jami B. Nimeroff, Brown, Garry, Nimeroff, Wilmington, DE; James W. Matthews, Katy E. Koski, Jaclyn V. Piltch and Redi Kasollja, Foley & Lardner, Boston, MA for defendant Anda Pharmaceuticals. Thomas E. Han-son and Oni N. Harton, Barnes & Thornburg LLP, Wilmington, DE and Indianapolis, IN for defendant H.D. Smith LLC. Daniel B. Rath, Rebecca L. Butcher and Jennifer L. Cree, Landis, Rath & Cobb LLP, Wilmington, DE; Eric R. Delinsky, Alexandra W. Miller and R. Miles Clark, Zuckerman Spaeder LLP, Washington, DC for defendant CVS Health Corp. Beth Moskow-Schnoll, William Burton and Elizabeth A. Sloan, Ballard Spahr LLP, Wilmington, DE; Kaspar J. Stoffelmayr, Katherine M. Swift and Alex J. Har-ris, Bartlit, Beck, Herman, Palenchar & Scott LLP, Chicago, IL and Denver, CO for defendant Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.
    Case Number: D68469

    The state adequately alleged claims against manufacturers and distributors of opioids, but the court dismissed public nuisance, civil conspiracy and unjust enrichment claims.

  • Ritchie Multi-Strategy Global, LLC v. Huizenga Managers Fund, LLC

    Publication Date: 2019-01-30
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Johnston
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John A. Sensing and Ryan C. Cicoski for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Steven L. Caponi and Matthew B. Goeller, K&L Gates, LLP; Christopher J. Barber, Williams Montgom-ery & John Ltd. for defendant.
    Case Number: D68443

    A stay of this Delaware proceeding was appropriate where an action in another state involving the same parties and operative facts was not yet final.

  • Carter v. Principe

    Publication Date: 2019-01-30
    Practice Area: Dispute Resolution | Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Johnston
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Leroy A. Tice, Leroy A. Tice, P.A. for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Joshua H. Meyeroff, Morris James LLP for defendant.
    Case Number: D68439

    Joint tortfeasor, allegedly liable under theory of vicarious liability, was not released under settlement between claimant and other joint tortfeasor where neither were explicitly named nor released under settlement.

  • Cont'l Fin. Co. v. TD Bank, N.A.

    Publication Date: 2018-12-26
    Practice Area: Banking and Finance Laws | Commercial Law
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Johnston
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jamie L. Edmonson, Daniel A. O'Brien, Jessie F. Bebber, Patrick J. Boyle, and Adam G. Possidente, Venable LLP for plaintiff;
    for defendant: Alexander D. Bono, Ryan E. Borneman, Lynne E. Evans, Oderah C. Nwaeze, and Mackenzie M. Wrobel, Duane Morris LLP for defendant.
    Case Number: D68400

    Banking customer's negligence claims arising from fraud on its account did not amount to more than simple negligence and were precluded by the UCC and its statute of repose as the fraud occurred under the scope of the account agreement.

  • State of Delaware v. Byard

    Publication Date: 2018-11-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Johnston
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael B. DegliObizzi, Erik C. Towne, Department of Justice, Wilmington, DE, attorneys for the state
    for defendant: Michael W. Modica, Wilmongton, DE, attorney for defendant.
    Case Number: D68349

    Where the state elicited testimony tending to show that defendant avoided cooperating with a police investiga-tion, he was entitled to a new trial.