• Cargill, Inc. v. Rossi

    Publication Date: 2023-10-30
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: Distribution and Wholesale | Food and Beverage
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Rennie
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard P. Rollo, Travis S. Hunter, Jordan L. Cramer, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: John A. Sensing, Hannah L. Paxton, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: N23C-03-047 SKR CCLD

    Court lacked personal jurisdiction over former employee in non-compete breach action where forum selection clause was expressly limited to jurisdiction in the chancery court, rather than any state or federal court sitting in and for Delaware.

  • Bright Data, Inc. v. Meta Platforms, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-09-04
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: E-Commerce | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Rennie
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Wilks, D. Charles Vavala III, Wilks Law LLC, Wilmington, DE for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Karen Jacobs, Alexandra Cumings, Stephanie Rudolph, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: N23C-01-229 SKR CCLD

    The court granted defendant's motion to stay Delaware proceedings in deference to an earlier-filed pending case in federal district court in California finding that the parties and issues presented were substantially identical, the California court could provide prompt and complete justice, and allowing the California and Delaware actions to proceed simultaneously would risk waste of judicial resources and inconsistent resolution of the issues.

  • New Wood Res. LLC v. Baldwin

    Publication Date: 2023-08-14
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Manufacturing
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Rennie
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard P. Rollo, Travis S. Hunter, Jordan L. Cramer, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Sean J. Bellew, Bellew LLC, Wilmington, DE; Chris L. Gilbert, Gilbert PC, Dallas, TX for defendant.

    Case Number: N20C-10-231- SKR CCLD

    Ruling that under Delaware law a person is presumed to act in good faith unless evidence is presented to the contrary, the court ruled that defendant had not demonstrated that plaintiff was motivated by bad faith and had, thus, breached the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing under the terms of their contract. Plaintiff's motion for summary judgment granted.

  • Blue Valley, LLC v. Klein

    Publication Date: 2023-08-14
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory | Pharmaceuticals
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Rennie
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Harris, Esquire, Harry Shenton IV, Berger Harris LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: John Klein, Tampa, FL, pro se defendant.

    Case Number: N20C-03-300 SKR CCLD

    The court ruled that it did not need to reach an offensive collateral estoppel analysis because plaintiff had carried its burden of proof for summary judgment on the merits demonstrating a breach of the indemnification agreement at issue.

  • Quality Assured Inc. v. David

    Publication Date: 2022-12-27
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry:
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Rennie
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nicholas Bittner for appellant.
    for defendant: David Crumplar for appellee.

    Case Number: N22A-05-012 SKR

    Industrial Accident Board had a sufficient evidentiary basis to award additional medical expenses upon crediting claimant's treating physician's testimony that was probative to show that epidural injections were causally related to claimant's work injury and necessary to provide him with functional relief.

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  • Garcia-Rivera v. Gottcschall

    Publication Date: 2022-12-20
    Practice Area: Motor Vehicle Torts
    Industry:
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Rennie
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Benjamin Schwartz, Schwartz & Schwartz, Dover, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Kenneth Doss, Casarino, Christman, Shalk, Ransom & Doss, Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: N18C-09-142 SKR

    Additur appropriate where jury verdict on retrial indicated that it did not find liability or causation even though such issues had been resolved in a prior judgment as a matter of law, so that the jury's zero-verdict could be brought up to a minimum reasonable amount of damages.

  • State v. Galindez

    Publication Date: 2022-12-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Rennie
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 1712008053

    Motion for postconviction relief failed where defendant could not show that newly discovered eyewitness with testimony supporting a claim of self-defense would have altered the outcome of the trial as such testimony did not establish defendant's actual innocence, particularly where the testimony could not explain why defendant continued to use force and robbed the victim.

  • ShotSpotter Inc. v. VICE Media, LLC

    Publication Date: 2022-07-12
    Practice Area: Business Torts
    Industry: Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Rennie
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bruce E. Farnan, Michael J. Farnan, Farnan LLP; Thomas A. Clare, Megan L. Meier, Amy M. Roller, Clare Locke LLP for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Thomas E. Hanson, Jr., Barnes & Thornburg LLP; Rachel Strom, Jeremy Chase, Nimra H. Azmi, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP for defendant.

    Case Number: D69885

    News article was not defamation per se where the facts communicated in the article supported the overall gist of the article, and plaintiff failed to plead facts showing the publisher's actual malice.

  • Garvin v. Singh

    Publication Date: 2022-01-04
    Practice Area: Environmental Law
    Industry: Retail | State and Local Government
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Rennie
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William J. Kassab, Deputy Attorney General, Delaware Department of Justice for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Bayard J. Snyder, Snyder & Associates, P.A. for defendant.

    Case Number: D69669

    Court lacked authority to suspend any portion of an administrative penalty order issued for violation of underground storage tank regulations, pursuant to 7 Del. C. §6005(b)(3).

  • Delaware River & Bay Auth. v. Minor

    Publication Date: 2021-12-07
    Practice Area: Administrative Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Rennie
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Adria B. Martinelli, Lauren E.M. Russell, Barry M. Willoughby, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP for appellant.
    for defendant: Frank Minor, pro se appellee.

    Case Number: D69633

    The court held that the decision by Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board finding that the position held by appellee was not designated as a major policymaking position was supported by substantial evidence.