• August v. The Glade Prop. Owners Ass'n, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-10-01
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jennifer August, Rehoboth Beach, DE, pro se plaintiff.
    for defendant: Aaron E. Moore, Wilmington, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: 2020-0834-BWD

    Court denied homeowner's claims against homeowners' association where there were no conflicted fiduciaries that warranted applying the entire fairness standard to the claims.

  • Cook v. Deep Hole Creek Assoc.

    Publication Date: 2024-08-06
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard E. Berl, Jr., Hudson, Jones, Jaywork & Fisher, LLC, Lewes, DE for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: John W. Paradee, Brian V. DeMott, Baird Mandalas Brockstedt & Federico, LLC, Dover, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: 2021-0522-SG

    Where the deed and survey record supported finding that the original property owners intended for a subdivided lot to extend to the centerline of the adjacent waterway to ensure the lot had sufficient acreage to become buildable, the court quieted title in favor of the lot's current owners' right to wharf out from their property.

  • Morris v. Delmarva Real Estate Holdings, LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-02-19
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Zurn
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul G. Enterline, Georgetown, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Brian J. Ferry, Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: 2022-1211-MTZ

    Option contract with firm deadline for exercise effectively contained a "time is of the essence" provision regardless of whether the contract used that specific phrase.

  • 1205 Coastal, LLC v. Cove Owners Ass'n, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-02-12
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Karsnitz
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard E. Berl, Hudson Jones Jaywork & Fisher, LLC, Lewes, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Aaron E. Moore, M. Claire McCudden, Marshall Dennehey, P.C., Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: S22C-07-002 CAK

    Court dismissed former condominium owner's claims arising from the alleged failure to release a recorded lien, where owner's tender of payment was insufficient to satisfy the condominium association's recorded and statutory liens, as the association was not obligated to obtain a court judgment or record the statutory lien to collect.

  • Smith v. Fed. Nat'l Mortgage Ass'n

    Publication Date: 2024-01-22
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Federal Government | Real Estate
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Chancellor Mitchell
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paula H. Smith, Newark, DE, petitioner pro se.
    for defendant: Melanie J. Thompson, CoraAnn M. Foley, Orlans PC, Wilmington, DE for respondent.

    Case Number: 2023-0653-LM

    Adverse possession claim failed where petitioner had not occupied the property for at least 20 years.

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  • In re: Center City Healthcare, LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-01-22
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory | Real Estate
    Court: U.S. Bankruptcy Court
    Judge: Judge Walrath
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 19-11466 (MFW)

    Court declined to dismiss plaintiffs' claims where the parties unambiguously had an agreement creating an easement although certain terms in the agreements were susceptible to multiple interpretations, requiring further proceedings.

  • Ridgewood Manor MHC, LLC v. Ridgewood Manor HOA

    Publication Date: 2023-07-17
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Hospitality and Lodging
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Green-Streett
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David C. Zerbato, Moton, Valihura & Zerbato, LLC, Greenville, DE for appellant.
    for defendant: Anthony V. Panicola, Olga K. Beskrone, Colten L. Fleu, Community Legal Aid Society, Inc., Dover, DE for appellee.

    Case Number: K21A-10-002 RLG

    Arbitrator erred by considering and carving out a manufactured home community owner's acquisition costs in denying the owner's request for an above-inflation rent increase, where the analytical framework merely required the arbitrator to consider the statutory factors after finding the owner had made capital expenditures that directly related to the community maintenance and improvement.

  • Wais v. Thompson

    Publication Date: 2023-04-11
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Legal Services | Real Estate
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Scott
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Chandra J. Williams, Rhodunda, Williams & Kondraschow, Wilmington, DE for appellants.
    for defendant: Steven D. Rosen, The Rosen Law Firm, LLC, Wilmington, DE for appellee.

    Case Number: N22A-08-003 CLS

    The court affirmed the trial court's order finding for a buyer in a real estate matter where the seller breached contractual obligations by failing to repair a defective roof.

  • Shady Park Homeowners' Ass'n Inc. v. Shady Park MHC LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-03-21
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Conner
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Olga K. Beskrone, Community Legal Aid Society, Inc., Wilmington, DE for appellant.
    for defendant: David C. Zerbato, Robert J. Valihura, Morton, Valihura & Zerbato, LLC, Greenville, DE for appellees.

    Case Number: S21A-11-001 MHC

    Court upheld arbitration decision granting housing community owner's request for a rent increase where owner had expended funds for capital improvements in the community and had presented credible evidence of the market rent.

  • Church v. Harmon

    Publication Date: 2023-03-14
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Real Estate
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Jones
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David E. Matlusky, The Matlusky Firm, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Evan Rassman, Emily Letcher, Cohen Seglias, Palias, Greenhall & Furman, P.C., for defendants.

    Case Number: N22C-08-453 FJJ

    The court denied a motion to dismiss a claim for waste on the grounds that plaintiff's claims sufficiently laid out a claim for waste on the grounds that plaintiff sufficiently pled that a mortgage encumbered a property that he had a certain future interest in and therefore his claims fell squarely within the jurisdiction of the superior court.