• Browning v. State of Delaware

    Publication Date: 2021-05-19
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Medinilla
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph Stanley, Schwartz & Schwartz, Dover, DE for appellant.
    for defendant: Keri L. Morris-Johnson, Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin, Wilmington, DE for appellee.

    Case Number: D69398

    Injury that occurred on state-owned property was insufficient to trigger premises exception to the coming and going rule for public employee where the employee's injury occurred as she walked to the courthouse and had not crossed the threshold of courthouse property.

  • Gonzalez-Rodriguez v. Soto

    Publication Date: 2021-03-31
    Practice Area: Insurance Litigation
    Industry: Construction | Insurance
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Medinilla
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joel Fredricks, Weik, Nitsche & Dougherty, LLC, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Jessica L. Tyler, Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin, Wilmington, DE for defendant National Fire Insurance Company of Hartford.

    Case Number: D69346

    An injured worker lacked standing to reform an insurance policy where his employer had elected not to have underinsured motorist coverage, so the court granted insurer's motion to dismiss.

  • State of Delaware v. Coleman

    Publication Date: 2021-03-03
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Medinilla
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Martin O’Connor, Elizabeth McFarlan, Dep’t of Justice, Wilmington, DE for the state.
    for defendant: Patrick Collins, Collins & Associates, Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: D69317

    Defendant failed to demonstrate the ineffectiveness of his trial counsel, so the court rejected his motion for post-conviction relief.

  • State v. Ackridge

    Publication Date: 2021-01-27
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Medinilla
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jillian Schroeder, Dep’t of Justice, Wilmington, DE for the state.
    for defendant: John Barber, Office of Defense Services, Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: D69275

    After conducting a reverse amenability hearing, the court granted a juvenile's motion to have his pending criminal matter transferred to family court.

  • State of Delaware v. Wisher

    Publication Date: 2020-03-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Medinilla
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Erika Flaschner and Jillian Schroeder, Dep’t of Justice, Wilmington, DE for the state.
    for defendant: Cathy Johnson and Charles Tate, Office of Defense Services, Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: D68916

    The court denied a juvenile's motion to transfer charges to family court, because the juvenile engaged in conduct that was in-creasingly violent, and he had not meaningfully responded to past attempts at rehabilitation.

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  • State of Delaware v. Smith

    Publication Date: 2020-03-04
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Medinilla
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Frawley, Dep’t of Justice, Wilmington, DE for the state.
    for defendant: Brian J. Chapman, Law Office of Brian J. Chapman, Newark, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: D68901

    The court denied a juvenile defendant's motion to transfer his case to family court.

  • State of Delaware v. Kent

    Publication Date: 2019-10-09
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Medinilla
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Amanda J. DiLiberto, Department of Justice, Wilmington, DE for the state.
    for defendant: John S. Edinger, Jr. , Office of Defense Services, Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: D68732

    Defendant was not entitled to an acquittal for the lesser-included offense of attempted rape, because the state presented evi-dence that defendant took a substantial step in completing that crime.

  • Schmelz v. Martone

    Publication Date: 2019-05-15
    Practice Area: Insurance Law | Motor Vehicle Torts
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Medinilla
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert T. Graney, Law Offices of Chrissinger & Baumberger, Wilmington, DE for third-party defendant Liberty Mutual.
    for defendant: Matthew E. O'Byrne, Casarino Christman Shalk Ransom & Doss, P.A., Wilmington, DE for defendant Martone.

    Case Number: D68563

    Defendant did not have standing to pursue a counterclaim against plaintiff's insurer for indemnity or contribution in this personal injury matter, because she did not have a legally protected interest.

  • Rowland v. American Biltrite, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2019-05-08
    Practice Area: Products Liability
    Industry: Chemicals and Materials | Manufacturing
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Medinilla
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ipek K. Medford, Bartholomew J. Dalton, Andrew C. Dalton and Michael C. Dalton, Dalton & Assoc., P.A., Wilmington, DE; Adam Balick and Patrick J. Smith, Balick & Balick, LLC, Wilmington, DE; Weitz & Luxenberg, P.C., New York, NY for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Beth E. Valocchi, Joseph S. Naylor and Bryan P. Smith, Swartz Campbell, LLC , Wilmington, DE for moving defendant.

    Case Number: D68556

    Plaintiffs failed to demonstrate that a product provided by defendant contained asbestos.

  • Summers v. Cabela's Wholesale, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2019-04-10
    Practice Area: Wrongful Death
    Industry: Retail
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Medinilla
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bruce L. Hudson, Hudson & Castle Law, LLC, Wilmington, DE; Jonathan E. Lowy and Erin C. Davis, Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence, Washington, DC for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Francis G.X. Pileggi, Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC, Wilmington, DE; James B. Vogts, Swanson, Martin & Bell LLP, Chicago, IL for defendant.

    Case Number: D68523

    Defendant was entitled to dismissal of negligence claims where it complied with all statutory requirements for the sale of a firearm.