• Browning v. State of Delaware

    Publication Date: 2021-05-19
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Medinilla
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph Stanley, Schwartz & Schwartz, Dover, DE for appellant.
    for defendant: Keri L. Morris-Johnson, Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin, Wilmington, DE for appellee.

    Case Number: D69398

    Injury that occurred on state-owned property was insufficient to trigger premises exception to the coming and going rule for public employee where the employee's injury occurred as she walked to the courthouse and had not crossed the threshold of courthouse property.

  • Rumbo v. Am. Med. Sys., Inc.

    Publication Date: 2021-05-12
    Practice Area: Products Liability
    Industry: Manufacturing
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Rocanelli
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: R. Joseph Hrubiec, Napoli Shkolnik LLC, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Brian M. Rostocki, Justin M. Forcier, Reed Smith LLP, Wilmington, DE; Barbara R. Binis, Stephen J. McConnell, Whitney L. Mayer and Christian W. Saucedo, Reed Smith LLP, Philadelphia, PA for defendant.

    Case Number: D69396

    The statute of limitations barred plaintiffs' pelvic mesh claim, so the court granted summary judgment in favor of defendant.

  • Moyer v. Am. Zurich Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2021-05-12
    Practice Area: Insurance Litigation
    Industry: Insurance | Real Estate
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Clark
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Phillip T. Edwards, Murphy & Landon, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Bruce W. McCullough, Bodell Bove, LLC, Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: D69393

    The court denied an insurer's motion for partial summary judgment regarding punitive damages because the injured party presented sufficient facts to permit a jury to find recklessness.

  • Naughton v. GEM Ambulance, LLC

    Publication Date: 2021-05-12
    Practice Area: Motor Vehicle Torts
    Industry: Insurance | Transportation
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Jurden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael P. Minuti, McCann & Wall LLC, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Roger D. Landon, Murphy & Landon, Wilmington, DE; Kenneth M. Doss, Casarino Christman Shalk Ransom & Doss, P.A., Wilmington, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: D69394

    The court granted summary judgment in favor of an ambulance company and an insurer because plaintiff failed to demonstrate any genuine issue of material fact regarding his negligence claims.

  • 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.

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  • Galarza v. Olmstead

    Publication Date: 2021-05-05
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Butler
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jonathan B. O’Neill, Kimmel, Carter, Roman, Peltz & O’Neill, P.A., Christiana, DE for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Amy M. Taylor, Heckler & Frabizzio, Wilmington, DE; Ronald M. Ransom, Casarino Christman Shalk Ran-som & Doss, P.A., Wilmington, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: D69385

    Where a driver had been excluded from coverage under a policy, injured family members could not recover under the uninsured motorist provisions of the policy.

  • Henry v. The Cincinnati Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2021-05-05
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry:
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Rocanelli
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Elisa A. Greenberg, Austin & Mondell, P.A. for Horizon Services, Inc. and Eastern Alliance Ins. Co. Jona-than B. O’Neill, Kimmel, Carter, Roman, Peltz & O’Neill, P.A. for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: William A. Crawford, Franklin & Prokopik for defendant The Cincinnati Ins Co. Patrick G. Rock, Heckler & Fabrizzio for defendant State Farm Mutual Auto. Ins. Co.

    Case Number: D69388

    The court denied a motion to intervene by a workers' compensation carrier because it did not have a right to assert its lien against plaintiff's underinsured motorist benefits.

  • Geronimo Music, LLC v. Copsidas

    Publication Date: 2021-05-05
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Johnston
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Randall J. Teti, Philip Trainer, Jr., Ashby & Geddes, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Thomas E. Hanson, Jr., Barnes & Thornburg LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: D69386

    A broad general release provision warranted the dismissal of plaintiff's indemnification claim, but the court declined to impose sanctions against plaintiff.

  • Appliance Recycling Ctrs. of Am., Inc. v. Recleim LLC

    Publication Date: 2021-04-28
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Chemicals and Materials
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Geena Khomenco George, The Law Office of Geena Khomenko George LLC, Wilmington, DE; Michael H. Rosenthal, Lurie & Broudy LLC, Exton, PA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Travis S. Hunter, Alexandra M. Ewing, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: D69374

    Breach of non-solicitation clause not dismissed where plaintiff alleged defendant had conspired with purported agent to have agent file an underlying suit against plaintiff for the purpose of disrupting plaintiff's business relationship with one of its clients.

  • Cuppels v. Mountaire Corp.

    Publication Date: 2021-04-28
    Practice Area: Environmental Law
    Industry: Agriculture | Food and Beverage
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Karsnitz
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Chase T. Brockstedt, Stephen A. Spence, Barid Mandalas Brockstedt, Lewes, DE; Philip C. Federico, Brent Ceryes, Schochor, Federico, and Staton, P.A., Baltimore, MD for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: F. Michael Parkowski, Michael W. Teichman, Parkowski Guerke & Swayze, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Lisa C. McLaughlin, Todd L. Goodman, John C. Phillips, Phillips, Goldman, McLaughlin & Hall, P.A., Wilmington, DE; James R. Wedeking, Timothy K. Webster, Gordon D. Todd, Erika L. Maley, Daniel J. Hay, Sidley Austin, LLP, Washington, DC for defendants.

    Case Number: D69376

    Court approved class action settlement where, despite defendants' vigorous contesting of liability, plaintiffs and class counsel were able to secure a multi-million settlement on behalf of the class.