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  • Gurmessa v. Genocide Prevention in Ethiopia, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-03-08
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Andrews
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tolessa Gurmessa, West Valley City, Utah, pro se plaintiff.
    for defendant: Lauren Patrice Deluca, Timothy Michael Holly, Connolly Gallagher LLP, Wilmington, DE; Jennifer Marie Kinkus, William Edward Gamgort, Young, Conaway, Stargatt & Taylor LLP for defendants.
    Case Number: D69741

    Defamation claim could proceed where non-actionable opinions asserted or implied facts that could be proven as true or false.

  • Fisher v. Emory Hill Real Estate Servs., Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-03-08
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Real Estate | State and Local Government
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: D69739

    Sovereign immunity barred trip and fall claim against the state where it lacked insurance to cover the claim and therefore had not waived immunity.

  • Chambers v. Canal Athletic Ass'n Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-01-25
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure | Manufacturing
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Philip T. Edwards, Murphy & Landon, Wilmington, DE; Samuel I. Reich, Laffey, Bucci & Kent, LLP, Philadelphia, PA for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Matthew P. Donelson, Kent & McBride, P.C., Wilmington, DE; Thomas J. Gerard, Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin, Wilmington, DE for defendants.
    Case Number: D69693

    Manufacturer of concession stand had no liability to party injured by the structure's window where the purchaser of the stand specified that no securing latch be installed for the window and subsequently fitted its own latch.

  • Trachtenberg v. Marriott Int'l, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2021-11-30
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Hospitality and Lodging | Travel and Tourism
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Bibas
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Anna Tractenberg, Craig Tractenberg, Villanova, Pennsylvania, pro se plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Brannan Cole, Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin, Wilmington, DE; Marc Sposato, Riley B. MacGray, Marks, O’Neill, O’Brien, Doherty & Kelly, P.C., Wilmington, DE for defendant.
    Case Number: D69627

    Court declined to exercise personal jurisdiction over foreign subsidiary of domestic parent where subsidiary had no contacts with the forum and the parent's domestic actions could not be imputed to a subsidiary.

  • Avenatti v. Fox News Networks, LLC

    Publication Date: 2021-09-01
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Bibas
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: R. Karl Hill, Seitz, Van Ogtrop & Green, P.A., Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: David E. Ross, Eric D. Selden, R. Garrett Rice, Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP, Wilmington, DE; Eric M. George, Richard A. Schwartz, Katherine F. Murray, Browne George Ross O’brien Annaguey & Ellis LLP, Los Angeles, CA for defendants.
    Case Number: D69518

    Defamation suit failed where press coverage was substantially true or included clear statements of protected opinion.

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  • Cousins v. Goodier

    Publication Date: 2021-08-18
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Karsnitz
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen J. Neuberger, Thomas S. Neuberger, The Neuberger Firm, P.A., Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Rodney A. Smolla, Wilmington, DE; Douglas D. Herrmann, Troutman Pepper Hamilton Saunders LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendant.
    Case Number: D69504

    Allegedly defamatory statements constituted nonactionable opinion where the statements constituted subjective opinion and hyperbole, and the maker of the statement disclosed nondefamatory facts underlying the opinion that would allow recipients of the statement to evaluate the validity of the opinion for themselves.

  • Thorne v. Crane Co.

    Publication Date: 2021-07-14
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Chemicals and Materials | Defense
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Fallon
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: D69468

    In this asbestos-related personal injury case, the court concluded that the applicable substantive law was based on the manifestation approach rather than the exposure approach.

  • Heine v. JB Inc.

    Publication Date: 2021-06-16
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Food and Beverage | Retail
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Jurden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael J. Hood, Michael J. Hood, LLC, Elsmere, DE for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Sean A. Dolan, Mintzer Sarowitz Zeris Ledva & Meyers LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendant.
    Case Number: D69434

    A grocery store was not entitled to summary judgment because a jury had to decide whether the store act-ed as a reasonably prudent shopkeeper overseeing the activities of a third party.

  • Avenatti v. Fox News Network, LLC

    Publication Date: 2021-06-09
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Bibas
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: R. Karl Hill, Seitz, Van Ogtrop & Green, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Shawn R. Perez, Law Offices of Shawn R. Perez, Las Vegas, NV for plaintiff.
    for defendant: David E. Ross, Eric D. Selden, R. Garrett Rice, Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP, Wilmington, DE; Eric M. George, Browne George Ross O’Brien Annaguey & Ellis LLP, Los Angeles, CA for defendants.
    Case Number: D69422

    Court struck amended complaint that added defendant identified in prior complaint where circumstances indicated that the joinder was solely for the purpose of destroying federal diversity jurisdiction.

  • Washington v. Perrine

    Publication Date: 2021-05-12
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Butler
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bayard J. Snyder, Snyder & Associates, P.A., Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Matthew E. O’Byrne, Casarino Christman Shalk Ransom & Doss, P.A., Wilmington, DE for defendant.
    Case Number: D69397

    Defendant property owner did not have a duty to repair defects in a sidewalk abutting her property, so the court granted defendant's motion for summary judgment.