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  • Sycamore Partners Mgmt., L.P. v. Endurance Am. Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2019-08-14
    Practice Area: Insurance Litigation
    Industry: Insurance | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Noreika
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David J. Baldwin, Carla M. Jones and Tracey E. Timlin, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; John E. Failla, Na-than R. Lander and Alyse Stach, Proskauer Rose LLP, New York, NY for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Barry M. Klayman and Michael R. Davisson, Cozen O’Connor, Wilmington, DE and Los Angeles, CA for defendant Starr In-demnity & Liab. Co. Elena C. Norman, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael F. Perlis and Cary J. Economou, Locke Lord LLP, Los Angeles, CA for defendant Markel American Ins. Co.
    Case Number: D68669

    A federal district court did not have "related to" jurisdiction over this insurance coverage dispute and abstention was required under federal law, so it remanded the matter to state court.

  • Henry v. Cincinnati Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2019-06-26
    Practice Area: Insurance Litigation
    Industry:
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Vaughn
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jonathan B. O'Neill and Jennifer D. Donnelly, Kimmel, Carter, Roman, Peltz & O'Neill, P.A., Christiana, DE for plaintiff Henry.
    for defendant: Francis J. Jones, Jr. and Wilson A. Gualpa, Morris James LLP, Georgetown, DE for plaintiff Fritz. Krista E. Shevlin and William A. Crawford, Franklin & Prokopik, Newark, DE for defendant.
    Case Number: D68610

    The exclusivity provision of the Workers' Compensation Act did not prevent an employee who received workers' compensation benefits from also receiving underinsured motorist benefits under an employer's automobile liability policy which was purchased from a third-party insurance company.

  • Villalobos-Martin v. Nationwide Mut. Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2019-05-29
    Practice Area: Insurance Litigation
    Industry:
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Rennie
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Cynthia H. Pruitt, Doroshow Pasquale Krawitz & Bhaya for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Donald M. Ransom and Beth A. Swadley, Carasino Christman Shalk Ransom & Doss, P.A. for defend-ant.
    Case Number: D68581

    Insurer met all of its statutory and contractual obligations when it excluded a party from coverage under an automobile policy, and it was not required to provide coverage for a subsequent accident involving the excluded party.

  • Lincoln Benefit Life Co. v. Wilmington Trust, N.A.

    Publication Date: 2019-04-03
    Practice Area: Insurance Litigation | Trusts and Estates
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Rocanelli
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph C. Schoell, Jason P. Gosselin, Katherine L. Villanueva and Christopher F. Petrillo, Drinker Bid-dle & Reath LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Steven L. Caponi, K&L Gates LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendant.
    Case Number: D68514

    The court granted a motion to stay a Delaware declaratory judgment proceeding in favor of a pending lawsuit in another state based on the contemporaneous filing of the actions, as well as principles of comity and judicial efficiency.

  • Sun Life Assurance Co. Canada v. U.S. Bank Nat'l Ass'n

    Publication Date: 2019-03-27
    Practice Area: Insurance Litigation | Trusts and Estates
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Insurance
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Stark
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas J. Francella, Michael J. Miller, Gregory J. Star, Charles J. Vinicombe and Daniel P. Thiel, Cozen O'Connor, Wilmington, DE and Philadelphia, PA for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: David J. Baldwin and Ryan C. Cicoski, Potter Anderdon & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE ; John E. Fail-la, Nathan Lander and Elise A. Yablonski ,Proskauer Rose LLP, New York, NY for defendant.
    Case Number: D68507

    A life insurance policy was void because no insurable interest existed. Summary judgment granted in favor of the insurer.

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  • IDT Corp. v. U.S. Specialty Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2019-02-27
    Practice Area: Insurance Litigation | Telecommunications
    Industry: Insurance | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Wallace
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian M. Rostocki and Benjamin P. Chapple, Reed Smith LLP, Wilmington, DE; Robin L. Cohen and Keith McKenna, McKool Smith, P.C., New York, NY for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: John C. Phillips, Jr. and David A. Bilson, Phillips, Goldman, McLaughlin & Hall, P.A. Wilmington, DE; Alexander R. Karam and Addison Draper, Clyde & Co. US LLP, Washington, DC for U.S. Specialty Ins. Co.; Henry duPont Ridgely, John L. Reed, Ethan H. Townsend, Joseph G. Finnerty III, Megan Shea Harwick and Eric S. Connuck, DLA Piper LLP, Wilmington, DE and New York, NY for Nat'l Union Fire Ins. Co. Timothy Jay Houseal and Jennifer M. Kinkus, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Charles C. Lemley , Wiley Rein LLP, Washington, DC for XL Specialty Ins. Co.
    Case Number: D68474

    The court granted and denied portions of insurers' cross-motions for summary judgment regarding their duty to defend parties in an underlying shareholder action.

  • IDT Corp. v. U.S. Specialty Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2019-02-13
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes | Corporate Entities | Insurance Litigation
    Industry: Insurance | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Wallace
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian M. Rostocki and Benjamin P. Chapple, Reed Smith LLP, Wilmington, DE, and Robin L. Cohen and Keith McKenna, McKool Smith, P.C., New York, NY for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: John C. Phillips, Jr. and David A. Bilson, Phillips, Goldman, McLaughlin & Hall, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Alexander R. Karam and Addison Draper, Clyde & Co US LLP, Washington, DC; Henry duPont Ridgely, John L. Reed, and Ethan H. Townsend, DLA Piper LLP, Wilmington, DE; Joseph G. Finnerty III, Megan Shea Harwick, and Eric S. Connuck, DLA Piper, LLP, New York, NY; Timothy Jay Houseal and Jennifer M. Kinkus, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE; and Charles C. Lemley, Wiley Rein LLP, Washington, DC for defendants.
    Case Number: D68455

    Insurers were granted partial summary judgment on insureds' declaratory judgment action for defense costs, where underlying action alleged individual defendant committed wrongful acts within scope of official capacity, but did not constitute securities claim because it was brought by shareholders of separate spin-off company.

  • Massey v. Nationwide Assurance Co.

    Publication Date: 2018-10-10
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Insurance Litigation
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Medinilla
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher J. Sipe for plaintiff
    for defendant: Mary Anne McLane Detweiler for defendant.
    Case Number: D68313

    A party moving to set aside a judgment failed to demonstrate improper service, and any neglect on his part was not excusable.

  • Progressive Cas. Ins. Co. v. Bowman Trailer Leasing, LLC

    Publication Date: 2018-08-29
    Practice Area: Insurance Litigation
    Industry: Insurance | Transportation
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge LeGrow
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas P. Leff and Robert D. Moseley, Jr. for plaintiff
    for defendant: Jason D. Warren and Justin L. Klein for defendant.
    Case Number: D68268

    A negligence action filed in another jurisdiction qualified as a prior pending proceeding, and the court granted a stay as to an insurer's later-filed declaratory relief action.

  • Benson v. Amguard Ins. Co., DEFAX Case No. D67782 (D.Del. June 21, 2017), Stark U.S.D.J. (14 pages).

    Publication Date: 2017-07-05
    Practice Area: Insurance Law | Insurance Litigation
    Industry: Consumer Products
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: D67782

    Declaratory judgment count failed to state a claim where it lacked utility because defendant's alleged conduct or need to act had ceased, obviating the need for the court to make a declaration as to