• Gala v. Bullock

    Publication Date: 2021-04-14
    Practice Area: Administrative Law
    Industry: Health Care | State and Local Government
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Valihura
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Benjamin A. Schwartz, Gwendolyn M. Osborn-Gustavson, Schwartz & Schwartz, Dover, DE for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia A. Davis, Deputy State Solicitor, Dover, DE for appellees.

    Case Number: D69360

    Medical board did not violate due process by deliberating disciplinary charges in executive session, and patient testimony that doctor provided prescriptions in exchange for sexual favors provided sufficient evidence to revoke licensure.

  • Trala v. State of Delaware

    Publication Date: 2021-01-06
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Valihura
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John R. Williams, Dep’t of Justice, Dover, DE for the state.
    for defendant: Santino Ceccotti, Office of Public Defender, Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: D69252

    Prosecutor's comments during closing argument were improper, but the court found the misconduct was harmless because the jury received curative instructions and other evidence supported the guilty verdict.

  • In re Solera Ins. Coverage Appeals

    Publication Date: 2020-11-11
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Insurance | Software
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Valihura
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John L. Reed, Matthew Denn, Peter H. Kyle, Kelly L. Freund, DLA Piper LLP, Wilmington, DE; Gregory F. Fischer, Cozen O’Connor, Wilmington, DE; Angelo G. Savino, Cozen O’Connor, New York, NY; Kurt M. Heyman, Aaron M. Nelson, Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel LLP, Wilmington, DE; Scott B. Schrieber, James W. Thomas, Jr, William C. Purdue, Jennifer Wieboldt, Arnold & Porter Kay Scholer LLP , Washington, DC; R. Reeves Anderson, Arnold & Porter Kay Scholer LLP, Denver, CO for appellants.
    for defendant: David J. Baldwin, Berger Harris LLP, Wilmington, DE; Peter M. Gillon, Alexander D. Hardiman, Tamara D. Bruno, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, Washington, DC for appellee.

    Case Number: D69186

    A statutory appraisal action under 8 Del. C. §262 did not constitute a securities claim, so excess insurers were entitled to summary judgment. Reversed.

  • Windsor I, LLC v. CWCapital Asset Mgmt. LLC

    Publication Date: 2020-09-23
    Practice Area: Deals and Transactions
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Real Estate
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Valihura
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: D69133

    Plaintiff failed to state claims for promissory estoppel and unjust enrichment in connection with a proposed transaction which never materialized. Affirmed.

  • State Farm Mut. Auto Ins. Co. v. Spine Care Delaware, LLC

    Publication Date: 2020-09-23
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Health Care | Insurance
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Valihura
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John S. Spadaro, John Sheehan Spadaro, LLC, Smyrna, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Colin M. Shalk, Casarino Christman Shalk Ransom & Doss, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Kyle G.A. Wallace, Gavin Reinke, Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, GA for defendants.

    Case Number: D69132

    The Delaware Supreme Court held the lower court erred in holding that an insurer had the burden of proof with respect to the reasonableness of reductions in the amounts charged by a medical provider.

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  • Eagle Force Holdings, LLC v. Campbell

    Publication Date: 2020-08-05
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Valihura
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Frank E. Noyes, II, Offit Kurman, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Harold M. Walter, Baltimore, MD for appellants.
    for defendant: David L. Finger, Finger and Slanina, LLC, Wilmington, DE for appellee.

    Case Number: D69054

    Court did not err in dismissing case for lack of personal jurisdiction where it found parties' contracts were not binding agreements as objective evidence demonstrated that the parties had not unambiguously manifested their intent to be bound to the agreements.

  • Murfey v. WHC Ventures LLC

    Publication Date: 2020-07-29
    Practice Area: Corporate Entities
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Valihura
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Carl D. Neff and E. Chaney Hall, Fox Rothschild LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: John J. Tumilty, Barnes-Brown & Pendleton, P.C., Waltham, MA; Raymond J. DiCamillo and John M. O’Toole, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: D69067

    The chancery court erred by reading a "necessary and essential" requirement into a partnership books and records request.

  • Eagle Force Holdings, LLC v. Campbell

    Publication Date: 2020-07-22
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Valihura
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Frank E. Noyes, II, Offit Kurman, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Harold M. Walter, Baltimore, MD for appellants.
    for defendant: David L. Finger, Finger and Slanina, LLC, Wilmington, DE for appellee.

    Case Number: D69054

    Court did not err in dismissing case for lack of personal jurisdiction where it found parties' contracts were not binding agreements as objective evidence demonstrated that the parties had not unambiguously manifested their intent to be bound to the agreements.

  • In re: Asbestos Litig.

    Publication Date: 2020-04-08
    Practice Area: Products Liability
    Industry: Chemicals and Materials
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Valihura
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Adam Balick and Patrick J. Smith, Balick & Balick, LLC, Wilmington, DE; Bartholomew J. Dalton, Ipek K. Medford, Andrew C. Dalton, Michael C. Dalton, Dalton & Associates, P.A., Wilmington, DE for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Loreto P. Rufo, Rufo Associates, PA, Hockessin, DE; John V. Work, Law Office of John V. Work, Wilmington, DE; Joseph S. Naylor, Swartz Campbell, LLC, Wilmington, DE; Paul A. Bradley and Stephanie A. Fox, Maron Marvel Bradley Anderson & Tardy, LLC, Wilmington, DE; Brian D. Tome, Reilly McDevitt & Henrich, Wilmington, DE; John C. Phillips and David A. Bilson, Phillips Goldman McLaughlin & Hall, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Christian J. Singewald and Rochelle Gumapac, White and Williams LLP, Wilmington, DE; Kelly A. Costello, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Wilmington, DE; Timothy A. Sullivan III, Wilbraham, Lawler & Buba PC, Wilmington, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: D68936

    Motion to extend trial date denied where plaintiffs failed to meet good cause standard after failing to develop factual record required by Texas asbestos law after two extensions to trial date.

  • Salzberg v. Sciabacucchi

    Publication Date: 2020-04-01
    Practice Area: Securities Litigation
    Industry: E-Commerce
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Valihura
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jason M. Leviton, Joel A. Fleming, Lauren Godles Milgroom and Amanda R. Crawford, Block & Leviton LLP, Boston, MA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: William B. Chandler, III, Bradley D. Sorrels, Lindsay Kwoka Faccenda, Andrew D. Berni, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C., Wilmington, DE; Boris Feldman and David J. Berger. Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C., Palo Alto, CA for defend-ants Lake, Anderson, Gurley, Hansen, McCollam, Wood, Ahuja, Carolan, Hastings, Hendricks, Hunt, Leff, Rothrock, Stitch Fix, Inc and Roku, Inc. Catherine G. Dearlove, Anthony M. Calvano and Tyre Tindall, Richards Layton & Finger, P.A., Wil-mington, DE; Michael T. Bongiorno, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr, LLP, New York, NY; Timothy J. Perla, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr, LLP, Boston, MA for defendants Salzberg, Bradley, Cool, Fox, Goodman, Hirshberg, Kelley and Blue Apron Holdings, Inc. Kurt M. Heyman, Melissa N. Donimirski and Aaron M. Nelson, Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel LLP, Wilmington, DE.

    Case Number: Valihura

    Federal forum provisions contained in corporate charters that required actions arising under federal securities law to be filed in a federal court were facially valid. Reversed.