• Young v. Christiana Care

    Publication Date: 2022-05-31
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Jurden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sykema Young, pro se appellant.
    for defendant: Emily K. Silverstein, White and Williams, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Victoria Groff, Department of Justice, Wilmington, DE for appellees.

    Case Number: D69835

    Appeal from referee's denial of unemployment benefits dismissed as untimely where applicant failed to demonstrate circumstances warranting the acceptance of her untimely appeal.

  • Kaur v. Boston Scientific Corp.

    Publication Date: 2022-05-24
    Practice Area: Products Liability
    Industry: Health Care | Manufacturing
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Jones
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert J. Leoni, Shelby & Leoni, Wilmington, DE for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Colleen D. Shields, Eckert, Seamans, Cherin & Mellott LLC, Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: D69829

    Court excluded expert testimony to the extent it opined about corporate defendant's state of mind or the reasonableness of its actions or attempted to offer a legal conclusion, since such testimony would usurp the fact-finding province of the jury.

  • Knight v. Miller

    Publication Date: 2022-05-10
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen E. Jenkins, Tiffany Geyer Lydon, Ashby & Geddes, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Gregory Mark Nespole, Daniel Tepper, Correy A. Kamin, Ryan C. Messina, Levi & Korsinsky, LLP, New York, NY for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Francis G.X. Pileggi, Cheneise V. Wright, Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP, Wilmington, DE; Gary A. Orseck, Matthew M. Madden, Jason A. Shaffer, Kramer Levin Robbins Russell, Washington, D.C. for defendants.

    Case Number: D69809

    The court found that plaintiff's complaint that challenged equity grants made to directors would be reviewed under the entire fairness standard and withstood a motion to dismiss.

  • Donofrio v. Peninsula Healthcare Servs., LLC

    Publication Date: 2022-04-26
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Adams
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Benjamin A. Schwartz, Schwartz and Schwartz, Dover, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Maria R. Granaudo Gesty, Burns White LLC, Wilmington DE for defendants.

    Case Number: D69796

    Long-term care facility admission agreement had valid arbitration clause where patient possessed contractual capacity to execute the agreement.

  • GEICO Gen. Ins. Co. v. Green

    Publication Date: 2022-04-26
    Practice Area: Insurance Litigation
    Industry: Health Care | Insurance
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Montgomery-Reeves
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul A. Bradley, Stephanie A. Fox, Maron Marvel Bradley Anderson & Tardy LLC, Wilmington, DE; Laura A. Cellucci, Joshua F. Kahn, Miles & Stockbridge P.C., Baltimore, MD; George M. Church, Cockeysville, MD; Meloney Perry, Perry Law P.C., Dallas, TX; for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Richard H. Cross, Christopher P. Simon, Michael L. Vild, Cross & Simon, LLC, Wilmington, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: D69791

    The court found the plaintiffs did not prove breach of contract or bad faith breach of contract because the contract was silent on the process to be used to evaluate claims of medical expense.

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  • Centene Corp. v. Acellion, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-04-12
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Health Care | Software
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Fioravanti
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul J. Lockwood, Ryan M. Lindsay, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Wilmington, DE; William E. Ridgway, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Chicago, IL; Peter B. Morrison, Zachary M. Faigen, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Los Angeles, CA for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Raymond J. DiCamillo, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Michael Rubin, Melanie Blunschi, Latham & Watkins LLP, San Francisco, CA; Serrin Turner, Latham & Watkins LLP, New York, NY for defendant.

    Case Number: D69775

    The court held plaintiffs' claims were subject to a forum selection clause for venue in three California counties.

  • Trident Holdings Inc. v. HubSpot Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-04-05
    Practice Area: Intellectual Property
    Industry: Health Care | Software
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Hall
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian E. Farnan, Michael J. Farnan, Farnan LLP, Wilmington, DE; Trevor Q. Coddington, Insigne PC, Carlsbad, CA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Jack B. Blumenfeld, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Brett M. Schuman, Rachel M. Walsh, Goodwin Procter LLP, San Francisco, CA for defendant.

    Case Number: D69773

    Court declined to dismiss patent infringement claim for invalidity based on the patent claiming ineligible subject matter, where a reading of the patent's claim language did not plainly reveal that the patent was merely directed towards an abstract idea.

  • McCreary v. United States

    Publication Date: 2022-04-05
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Noreika
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Keyona McCreary, Wilmington, DE, pro se plaintiff.
    for defendant: David C. Weiss, United States Attorney, Shamoor Anis, Assistant United States Attorney, Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: D69772

    Filing deadlines for Federal Tort Claims Act claim were equitably tolled where plaintiff's counsel had failed to move for reconsideration of the denial of plaintiff's administrative tort claim or to inform plaintiff of the deadline for moving for reconsideration.

  • Spine Care Delaware, LLC v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2022-03-22
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Health Care | Insurance
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Primos
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jonathan L. Parshall, Lauren A. Cirrinicione, Murphy & Landon, P.A., Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Donald M. Ransom, Casarino Christman Shalk Ransom & Doss, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Gavin Reinke, Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, GA for defendant.

    Case Number: D69756

    Insurer lacked reasonable basis to impose multiple payment reductions for bills seeking compensation under PIP benefits where doing so meant provider was being compensated at a lower rate than its peers.

  • Wilson v. Gingerich Concrete & Masonry

    Publication Date: 2022-03-22
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: Construction | Health Care
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Clark
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Walt F. Schmittinger, Gary E. Junge, Schmittinger & Rodriguez, P.A., Dover, DE for appellant;
    for defendant: H. Garrett Baker, Elzufon, Austin & Mondell, P.A., Wilmington, DE for appellee.

    Case Number: D69757

    Board correctly denied workers' compensation benefits for surgery performed by provider whose workers' compensation certification had lapsed at the time of the surgery and who had failed to obtain preauthorization for the treatment.