• Lyons Ins. Agency Inc. v. Wilson

    Publication Date: 2021-05-12
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael P. Kelly, Andrew S. Dupre, Janine L. Faben, McCarter & English, LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Blake Bennett, Dean R. Roland, Cooch & Taylor PA, Wilmington, DE; Lawrence V. Cronin, Smith Katzenstein & Jenkins LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: D69391

    Employer was entitled to shift fees against employee who breached non-compete agreement and then falsely testified in the subsequent litigation regarding his motivation and the circumstances surrounding his breach.

  • Snyder v. E.I. DuPont de Nemours, Inc., LLC

    Publication Date: 2021-02-24
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation
    Industry: Chemicals and Materials
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Connolly
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gary W. Aber, Aber, Baker & Over, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Margaret M. DiBianca, Clark Hill PLC, Wilmington, DE; John M. Nolan, John M. Nolan, III, Jackson Lewis PC, Philadelphia,PA for defendant.

    Case Number: D69308

    Employee failed to demonstrate that her termination or surveillance by her employer violated the Family and Medical Leave Act.

  • Wooten v. City of Wilmington, LLC

    Publication Date: 2021-02-24
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Andrews
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Theopalis K. Gregory, Isaac H. Green, Jr., Law Office of Theopalis Gregory Sr., Wilmington, DE for plain-tiff.
    for defendant: Caitlyn E. Quinn, Laura Najemy, City of Wilmington Law Dep’t, Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: D69309

    Employee stated a claim for retaliation because she was engaged in a protected employee activity, but the court granted employer's motions to dismiss other employment claims.

  • McDonald's Corp. v. Easterbrook

    Publication Date: 2021-02-17
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation
    Industry: Food and Beverage
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Slights
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Garrett B. Moritz, S. Reiko Rogozen, Holly E. Newell, Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP, Wilmington, DE; Wil-liam Savitt, Anitha Reddy, Sarah K. Eddy, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, New York, NY; Ronald L. Olson, John W. Spiegel, Luis Li, Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Jonathan I Kravis, Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP, Washington, DC for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Daniel C. Herr, Law Office of Daniel C. Herr, LLC, Wilmington, DE; Kristen E. Hudson, The Benson Firm PLLC, Austin, TX for defendant.

    Case Number: D69299

    The court denied defendant's motions to dismiss because the parties did not incorporate a forum selection clause into their separation agreement, and plaintiff alleged sufficient facts to support its claim for fraud in the inducement.

  • Metzgar v. State of Delaware Dep't of Nat. Res. & Envtl. Control,

    Publication Date: 2021-01-13
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Judge Shwartz
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: D69258

    A probationary officer was an at-will employee, so he did not have a protected property interest in his con-tinued employment.

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  • Rodriguez v. Wendover, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2021-01-06
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation
    Industry: Food and Beverage
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Connolly
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William D. Fletcher, Jr., Dianna E. Louder, Schmittinger & Rodriguez, P.A., Dover, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Kevin A. Guerke, Young, Conway, Stargate & Taylor LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: D69250

    Former employee failed to allege sufficient facts to support her claims for sex discrimination or retaliation.

  • Thompson-El v. Greater Dover Boys & Girls Club

    Publication Date: 2020-08-12
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation
    Industry: Education
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Andrews
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ricky Thompson-El, pro se plaintiff.
    for defendant: Karine Sarkisian and Marc Stephen Casarino, White & Williams, Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: D69084

    In this age discrimination matter, the court denied a motion to dismiss and allowed plaintiff an opportunity to supplement the record with a right-to-sue letter from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

  • Sheehan v. AssuredPartners, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2020-06-17
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Chancellor LeGrow
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Martin S. Lessner, Lauren Dunkle Fortunato and Kevin P. Rickert, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Gregory P. Williams, Blake Rohrbacher, Matthew D. Perri and Kevin M. Regan, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Joseph G. Santoro and Roger W. Feicht, Gunster, West Palm Beach, FL for defendants.

    Case Number: D69018

    Plaintiffs stated claims for breach of their employment agreements and for breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, but the court granted defendants' motion to dismiss the remainder of their claims.

  • State of Delaware, Dep't of Transp. v. Pearson

    Publication Date: 2020-06-03
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Jurden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin R. Slattery, Delaware Dep’t of Justice, Wilmington, DE for the state.
    for defendant: Lance Green, O’Donoghue and O’Donoghue, LLP, New Castle, DE for employees.

    Case Number: D69004

    Two employees were entitled to differential pay when they worked additional night shifts at the request of the agency.

  • FP UC Holdings, LLC v. Hamilton

    Publication Date: 2020-04-15
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Slights
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gregory B. Williams and E. Chaney Hall, Fox Rothschild LLP, Wilmington, DE; Jeffrey J. Bushofsky and Timothy R. Farrell, Ropes & Gray LLP, Chicago, IL for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Travis S. Hunter and Tyler E. Cragg, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Grant A. Wright and Max D. Wright, Wright Law, P.C., Tuscumbia, AL for defendants.

    Case Number: D68945

    The court denied plaintiffs' request for a preliminary injunction that would have shut down defendants' competing business, because plaintiffs failed to establish that they were likely to succeed on the merits.