Case Digests

Iavarone v. Eagle Eye Home Inspections, LLC

Publication Date: 2019-11-20
Practice Area: Damages
Industry: Construction | Real Estate
Court: Delaware Superior Court
Judge: Judge Rocanelli
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher H. Lee, Blake Bennett, and Dean Roland, Cooch & Taylor, P.A., Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
for defendant: Justin Callaway, Salmon, Ricchezza, Singer & Turchi, LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendant.
Case Number: D68775

Contractual limitation of liability provision that merely limited contractor's liability to cost of services, rather than excluding all liability, was enforceable since it provided certainty to potential damages.

Leaf Invenergy Co. v. Invenergy Renewables LLC

Publication Date: 2019-05-22
Practice Area: Damages | Deals and Transactions
Industry: Energy | Investments and Investment Advisory
Court: Delaware Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Traynor
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bradley D. Sorrels, Shannon E. German, Andrew D. Berni, Keith E. Eggleton, Steven D. Guggenheim and David A. McCarthy, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C., Wilmington, DE and Palo Alto, CA for plaintiff.
for defendant: Kenneth J. Nachbar, Kevin M. Coen, Zi-Xiang Shen and Coleen W. Hill, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Bruce S. Sperling, Harvey J. Barnett and Eamon P. Kelly, Sperling & Slater, P.C., Chicago, IL for defendant.
Case Number: D68469

The parties' agreement unambiguously required consent or the redemption of shares in the event of a sale, and because de-fendant chose to do neither, plaintiff was entitled to damages.

Takeda Pharm., U.S.A. v. West-Ward Pharm Corp.

Publication Date: 2019-01-09
Practice Area: Damages | Patent Litigation
Industry: Pharmaceuticals
Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
Judge: District Judge Andrews
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mary W. Bourke and Daniel M. Attaway, Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP, Wilmington, DE; Jeffrey I. Weinberger, Ted G. Dane, Heather E. Takahashi, Elizabeth L. Laughton, Hannah L. Dubina, Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP, Los Angeles, CA Celia R. Choy and Peter A. Detre, Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP, Washington, DC for plaintiff.
for defendant: Dominick T. Gattuso, Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel LLP, Wilmington, DE; Lauren C. Tortorella, Winston & Strawn LLP, Chicago, IL, Charles B. Klein and Ilan Wurman, Winston & Strawn LLP, Washington, DC; Elaine H. Blais, Robert D. Carroll, Lana S. Shiferman, Robyn R. Schwartz and Louis L. Lobel, Goodwin Procter LLP, Boston, MA for defendants.
Case Number: D68421

Defendants were entitled to damages for lost profits under a bond where the court improperly granted a preliminary re-straining order.

Camarillo Holdings LLC v. Amstel River Holdings, LLC

Publication Date: 2018-11-07
Practice Area: Damages | Fee Disputes
Industry: Legal Services
Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
Judge: District Judge Stark
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kathleen M. Miller, Robert K. Beste, III, Smith, Katzenstein & Jenkins LLP, Wilmington, DE, attorneys for plaintiff
for defendant: Paul D. Brown, Joseph B. Cicero, Chipman Brown Cicero & Cole, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Mark A. Castillo, Curtis Castillo PC, Dallas, TX, attorneys for defendants.
Case Number: D68344

Remand granted where face of plaintiffs' complaint failed to give rise to any federal cause of action and where defendants' potential defenses under federal law were ineligible to create federal question jurisdiction.

SurgiQuest v. Lexion Med., Inc.

Publication Date: 2018-05-30
Practice Area: Business Torts | Damages
Industry: Biotechnology
Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
Judge: District Judge Sleet
Attorneys: For plaintiff:
for defendant:
Case Number: D68165

Substantial evidence supported the jury's verdict finding of unfair competition and its award of compensatory and punitive damages.

Green Mountain Glass LLC v. Saint-Gobain Containers, Inc.

Publication Date: 2018-03-21
Practice Area: Damages | Patent Litigation
Industry: Manufacturing
Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
Judge: District Judge Sleet
Attorneys: For plaintiff:
for defendant:
Case Number: D68082

Plaintiffs in this patent infringement matter were entitled to pre-judgement interest where the jury found defendant will-fully infringed, but the court denied the parties other post-trial motions.

Idenix Pharm. LLC v. Gilead Sciences, Inc.

Publication Date: 2018-02-28
Practice Area: Damages | Patent Litigation
Industry: Pharmaceuticals
Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
Judge: District Judge Stark
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven J. Balick, John G. Day, Andrew C. Mayo, Calvin P. Griffith, Ryan B. McCrum, Michael S. Wein-stein, Bradley W. Harrison, Anthony M. Insogna, John D. Kinton, John M. Michalik, Lisa L. Furby, Stephanie E. Parker and Jennifer L. Swize for plaintiffs
for defendant: Martina Tyreus Hufnal, Douglas E. McCann, Elizabeth M. Flanagan, Joseph B. Warden, Santosh V. Coutinho, Frank E. Scherkenbach, Jenny Shmuel, W. Chad Shear, Jonathan E. Singer, Tasha M. Fran-cis and Corrin N. Drakulich for defendant.
Case Number: D68058

A patent sufficiently met the written description requirements of 35 U.S.C. §112, but another patent was invalid for lack of enablement.

City of Miami General Employees and Sanitation Employees Retirement Trust v. C&J Energy Ser-vices, Inc.

Publication Date: 2018-02-07
Practice Area: Bankruptcy | Damages | Mergers and Acquisitions
Industry: Energy
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Chancellor Bouchard
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stuart M. Grant, Mary S. Thomas, Mark Lebovitch, Jeroen van Kwawegen and Christopher J. Orrico for plaintiff
for defendant: William M. Lafferty for Nabors defendants; Stephen C. Norman, Michael A. Pittenger, Jaclyn C. Levy, Michael C. Holmes, Craig E. Zieminski, Olivia D. Howe and Meriwether Evans for remaining defendants.
Case Number: D68033

Plaintiff was not entitled to an award of fees in connection with a merger price reduction because plaintiff failed to make a claim in the companys bankruptcy proceeding, and it was inequitable to award fees against the estate of one of the shareholders.

The Boeing Co. v. Spirit Aerosystems, Inc.

Publication Date: 2017-12-27
Practice Area: Contracts | Damages | Mergers and Acquisitions
Industry: Aerospace
Court: Delaware Superior Court
Judge: Judge Davis
Attorneys: For plaintiff: William M. Lafferty, John P. DiTomo, and Barnaby Grzaslewicz, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Craig S. Prims, Michael A. Glick, and Tracie L. Bryant, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Washington, DC; Eric F. Leon, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, New York, NY, attorneys for plaintiff
for defendant: John A. Sensing and Jesse L. Noa, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Evan R. Chesler, Darin P. McAtee, Timothy G. Cameron, and J. Wesley Earnhardt, Caravath, Swaine & Moore, LLP, New York, NY, attorneys for defendant.
Case Number: D67982

Defendant entitled to counsel fees after successfully asserting counterclaim, pursuant to fee-shifting provision of parties agreement, but not to interest on fees where agreement made no provision for interest.

331DC, LLC v. Dassault Falcon Jet – Wilmington Corp., DEFAX Case No. D67614 (D.Del. Jan. 27, 2017), Stark, U.S.D.J. (15 pages).

Publication Date: 2017-02-08
Practice Area: Damages
Industry: Transportation
Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
Judge:
Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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Case Number: D67614