• Armenta v. G/O Media, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-10-22
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Lugg
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Elizabeth M. Locke, David Sillers, Jonathan R. Kaiman, Clare Locke LLP; Brian E. Farnan, Michael J. Farnan, Farnan LLP for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Joseph Slaughter, Elizabeth S. Fenton, Lynn Oberlander, Lauren P. Russell, Ballard Spahr LLP for defendant.

    Case Number: N24C-02-051 SPL

    News article asserting that individual had worn black face and a Native American headdress at a sports event to disparage Black people and Native Americans constituted a disprovable expression of fact potentially subjecting the publisher to liability for defamation.

  • Isaac v. Cable News Network, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-10-15
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Electronics | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Robinson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ronald G. Poliquin, The Poliquin Firm, LLC, Dover, DE; Joseph D. Stanley, Schwartz & Schwartz, P.A., Dover, DE; Brian R. Della Roca, Compass Law Partners, Rockville, MD for plaintiff.
    for defendant: David J. Soldo, Morris James, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Katherine M. Bolger, Hilary Oran, Davis Wright Tremaine, LLP, New York, NY; Alison Schary, Davis Wright Tremaine, LLP, Washington, DC; David J. Margules, Lauren P. Russell, Ballard Spahr, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Kaitlin M. Gurney, Ballard Spahr, LLP, Philadelphia, PA; Bartholomew J. Dalton, Connor C. Dalton, Jessica L. Needles, Dalton & Associates, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Abbe D. Lowell, Sanaya M. Tamboli, Winston & Strawn LLP, Washington, DC; David A. Kolansky, Winston & Strawn LLP, New York, NY; Joseph M. Turk, BFPCC, Inc., Wilmington, DC; David J. Burman, John M. Devaney, Perkins Coie, LLP for defendants.

    Case Number: S22C-10-012 RHR

    News interviews were not defamatory where they did not directly mention or indirectly reference plaintiff and where plaintiff, a limited public figure, failed to show actual malice by the news outlets.

  • Feldman v. Marks

    Publication Date: 2024-10-08
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Consulting | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Brennan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian E. Farnan, Michael Farnan, Rosemary J. Piergiovanni, Farnan LLP, Wilmington, DE; Stephen Shackelford, Susman Godfrey L.L.P., New York, NY for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Joe P. Yeager, Margolis Edelstein, Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: N21C-09-206 DJB

    Plaintiffs adequately proved claim of defamation where defendant's litigation filings that contained untrue statements had the effect of maligning plaintiffs' reputation and thus could be reasonably understood by a third party as defamatory.

  • Riad v. Brandywine Valley SPCA, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-07-02
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Non-Profit
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Traynor
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William D. Fletcher, Jr., Dianna E. Stuart, Schmittinger & Rodriguez, P.A., Dover, DE for appellant.
    for defendant: Kevin J. Connors, Marshall Dennehey, P.C., Wilmington, DE for appellee.

    Case Number: 249, 2023

    Dog bite statute contained no language indicating the legislature's intent to exclude animal welfare organizations from the definition of an "owner."

  • Carroll v. Bennett

    Publication Date: 2024-06-18
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Butler
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gregory V. Daulton, Marin & Gregory, LLC, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Paul D. Sunshine, Martin D. Page, Reger, Rizzo & Darnall, LLP, Wilmington, DE, attorneys for defendants.

    Case Number: N22C-08-459 CEB

    Golf course operator did not owe duty to person injured by stolen golf cart where a stolen cart did not constitute "exceptional circumstances" and the operator did not have notice of the risk of theft where it had only suffered one prior theft attempt under completely different circumstances than the theft of the stolen cart at issue.

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  • West v. Patterson-Schwartz & Assocs. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-05-27
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Adams
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Crumplar, Jacobs & Crumplar, P.A., Wilmington, DE for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: R. Karl Hill, Seitz, Van Ogtrop & Green, P.A., Wilmington, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: N21C-08-265 MAA

    Plaintiff's personal injury claims arising from mold exposure were untimely where plaintiff filed suit more than two years after receiving a definitive diagnosis of mold allergies.

  • Ravich v. TCW, LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-05-13
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Rennie
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian E. Farnan, Michael J. Farnan, Farnan LLP, Wilmington, DE; Thomas A. Clare, Jered T. Ede, Clare Locke LLP, Alexandria, VA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Rudolf Koch, Sara M. Metzler, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; John C. Hueston, Alison L. Plessman, Samantha Fidler, Adam Minchew, Nicholas Kellum, Hueston Hennigan LLP, Los Angeles, CA, & New York, NY for defendant.

    Case Number: N23C-10-005 SKR

    Court dismissed defamation action arising out of employment relationship pursuant to forum selection clause in the employment agreement.

  • Brisco v. Delaware State Police

    Publication Date: 2024-04-22
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Brisco, Smyrna, DE, pro se plaintiff.
    for defendant: James H. McMacklin, III, Allyson G. Britton, Michelle G. Bounds, Morris James LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: N23C-12-090 EMD

    News outlet's report that fairly summarized police arrest report was protected under the fair reporting privilege and not actionable in a defamation claim.

  • Brown v. Google.com

    Publication Date: 2024-04-22
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Noreika
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lottoria N. Brown, Wilmington, DE, pro se plaintiff.
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    Case Number: 22-1298 (MN)

    Court dismissed complaint upon sua sponte screening after finding that generic allegations failed to state a prima facie claim.

  • Guzman-Rosario v. Charlie's Waste Serv., LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-02-19
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Cargo and Shipping | Insurance | Transportation
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Butler
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gilbert F. Shelsby, James J. Meehan, Shelsby & Leoni, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Timothy J. Wilson, Stephen F. Dryden, Weber Gallagher Simpson Stapleton Fires & Newby, LLP, New Castle, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: N22C-01-113 CEB

    Court granted protective order for insurance investigator's report where plaintiff failed to establish substantial need for the report or waiver based on the disclosure of photographs that were only an ancillary part of the report.