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  • State v. Broomer

    Publication Date: 2021-11-09
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Wharton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Maria T. Knoll, Deputy Attorney General, Department of Justice, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Samuel L. Guy, Wilmington, DE for defendant.
    Case Number: D69064

    Counsel was not ineffective for failing to pursue a Brady claim arising from the criminal conduct of a state expert, where the expert was not arrested until after defendant's conviction and there was no evidence the prosecution had any knowledge of the expert's ongoing misconduct at the time of defendant's trial.

  • Knecht v. Ford Motor Co.

    Publication Date: 2019-02-13
    Practice Area: Occupational Safety and Health
    Industry: Automotive | Chemicals and Materials
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Wharton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Adam Balick, Michael Collins Smith and Patrick J. Smith, Balick & Balick, LLC, Wilmington, DE; Bar-tholomew J. Dalton, Ipek K. Medford, Andrew C. Dalton and Michael C. Dalton, Dalton & Assoc., Wil-mington, DE; Danny R. Kraft, Weitz & Luxenberg, P.C., New York, NY for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Christian J. Singewald and Rochelle L. Gumaspac, White and Williams LLP, Wilmington, DE for de-fendant.
    Case Number: D68457

    Defendant in this asbestos exposure case was not entitled to judgment as a matter of law or a new trial.

  • Abbott v. Delaware State Pub. Integrity Commn

    Publication Date: 2018-03-21
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Wharton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard L. Abbott, Abbott Law Firm, Hockessin, DE, pro se plaintiff;
    for defendant: Deborah L. Moreau, Delaware State Public Integrity Commission, Dover, DE, attorney for defendant.
    Case Number: D68078

    Public Integrity Commission correctly declined to exercise jurisdiction over attorney employee of Office of Disciplinary Counsel where regulation of legal profession was expressly reserved to the Delaware Supreme Court.

  • Connolly v. Theta Chi Fraternity, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2018-03-14
    Practice Area: Wrongful Death
    Industry: Education | Food and Beverage
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Wharton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Beverly L. Bove and Vincent J. X. Hedrick, Beverly L. Bove, Attorney at Law, Wilmington, DE, attorneys for plaintiffs;
    for defendant: Kevin J. Connors, Marshall Dennehy Warner Coleman & Goggin, Wilmington, DE; William E. Manning, James D. Taylor, and Danielle N. Petaja, Saul Ewing, Arnstein & Lehr, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Colin M. Shalk and Brian V. Demott, Casarino Christman Shalk Ransom & Doss, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Nancy Chrissinger Cobb, Chrissinger & Baumberger, Wilmington, DE, attorneys for defendants.
    Case Number: D68071

    Wrongful death suit dismissed on summary judgment where decedents decision to become acutely intoxicated was the proximate cause of his death.