• Davis v. HealthSouth

    Publication Date: 2018-06-20
    Practice Area: Administrative Law
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Cooch
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Heather A. Long for appellant Davis
    for defendant: Morgan A. Sack for appellee HealthSouth.

    Case Number: D68185

    The Industrial Accident Board was free to choose between conflicting medical opinions, and its decision was supported by substantial evidence.

  • Robinson v. Regional Hematology and Oncology, P.A.

    Publication Date: 2018-05-23
    Practice Area: Expert Witnesses | Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Rocanelli
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    Case Number: D68155

    Genuine issues of material fact existed as to comparative negligence and mitigation, so the court denied a motion for summary judgment in this medical negligence case.

  • Green v. GEICO Gen. Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2018-05-09
    Practice Area: Class Actions | Insurance Law
    Industry: Health Care | Insurance
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard H. Cross, Jr., Christopher P. Simon, Cross & Simon, LLC, Wilmington, DE, attorneys for plaintiffs
    for defendant: Paul A. Bradley, Maron Marvel Bradley Anderson & Tardy, LLC, Wilmington, DE; George M. Church, Miles & Stockbridge, PC, Baltimore, MD; Meloney Perry, Perry Law, PC, Dallas, TX, attorneys for defendant.

    Case Number: D68135

    Motion to dismiss putative class action denied where court could not definitively determine that plaintiffs could not establish damage calculation method that would predominate over proposed class.

  • Mondero v. Lewes Surgical & Med. Assoc, P.A.

    Publication Date: 2018-04-11
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation | Personal Injury
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Andrews
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Dean A. Campbell for plaintiffs
    for defendant: Gregory D. Stewart for defendants.

    Case Number: D68108

    A former employee was entitled to relief on her claim for breach of fiduciary duty because the employer did not allege an assignment of her incentive benefits, but her claim for interference with business relations was in-sufficient.

  • In re UnitedHealth Group, Inc. Section 220 Litigation

    Publication Date: 2018-03-14
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Montgomery-Reeves
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nathan A. Cook, Jeroen van Kwawegen, David MacIsaac, Norman Berman, Nathaniel L Orenstein, Mark A. Delaney, Jessica Zeldin and Bradford P. deLeeuw for plaintiffs;
    for defendant: R. Judson Scaggs, Jr., Lauren Neal Bennett and Jason Z. Miller for defendant.

    Case Number: D68075

    Documents relating to a separate qui tam proceeding provided a credible basis for stockholders to request corporate books and records for the purpose of investigating mismanagement or wrongdoing.

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  • In re ExamWorks Group, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2018-03-07
    Practice Area: Discovery | Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Consulting | Health Care
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stuart M. Grant, Michael J. Barry, Jeff A. Almeida, Kimberly A. Evans, Rebecca Musarra, Vincent R. Cappucci and Jordan A. Cortez for petitioners
    for defendant: Raymond J. DiCamillo, Kevin M. Gallagher, Ryan P. Durkin, Michele D. Johnson and Kristin N. Murphy for respondent.

    Case Number: D68068

    Parties who provided late discovery without adequate explanation engaged in discovery abuse.

  • Hannan v. Delaware Bd. of Med. Licensure and Discipline

    Publication Date: 2018-03-07
    Practice Area: Administrative Law
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Parkins
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daniel A. Griffith for appellant
    for defendant: Stacey X. Stewart for appellee.

    Case Number: D68066

    A physician whose license had been revoked had little chance of success on the merits, and a stay would have prevented authorities in another state from learning of issues that could have affected the health and safety of the physicians patients in that state.

  • Cumming v. Edens

    Publication Date: 2018-03-07
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance | Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Slights
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeffrey Gorris, Christopher Foulds, and Christopher Quinn, Friedlander & Gorris P.A., Wilmington, DE; David Wales, David MacIssac, and John Vielandi, Bernstein Litowtiz Berger & Grossman LLP, New York, NY; Adam Warden, Saxena White P.A., Boca Raton, FL; Steven B. Singer and Joshua H. Saltzman, Saxena White P.A., White Plains, NY; J. Elazar Fruchter, Wohl & Fruchter LLP, New York, NY, attorneys for plaintiff
    for defendant: Robert S. Saunders, Ronald N. Brown, III, Sarah R. Martin, and Elisa M.C. Klein, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Wilmington, DE, attorneys for defendants.

    Case Number: D68064

    Derivative complaint not dismissed where plaintiff pled facts of directors conflicts of interest with corporation on the other side of the challenged transaction supporting a reasonable doubt as to whether board was disinterested or independent, which constituted a non-exculpated claim.

  • Broughton v. Wong

    Publication Date: 2018-02-28
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Medinilla
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ben T. Castle and Bruce L. Hudson for plaintiffs
    for defendant: Richard Galperin and Joshua H. Meyeroff for defendants.

    Case Number: D68057

    Defendants in medical malpractice case did not demonstrate that testimony by plaintiffs expert as to the standard of care was improper, or that the court incorrectly admitted statistical evidence.

  • Ansell Healthcare Prod. LLC v. Reckitt Benckiser LLC

    Publication Date: 2018-02-14
    Practice Area: Patent Litigation
    Industry: Consumer Products | Health Care
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Andrews
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Colm F. Connolly, David W. Marston, Jr., Jody C. Barillare, and John V. Goodman, Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP, Wimington, DE; Thomas B. Kenworthy and Julie S. Goldemberg, Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP, Philadelphia, PA; Raymond R. Moser, Jr., Moser Taboada, Shrewsbury, NJ, attorneys for plaintiff
    for defendant: Adam W. Poff and Pilar G. Kraman, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilimington, DE; Douglas J. Nash, John D. Cook, Kathryn D. Cornish, Barclay Damon, LLP, Syracuse, NY, attorneys for defendant.

    Case Number: D68038

    Willful infringement and enhanced damages claim denied where defendants willful blindness to its products possible infringement of plaintiffs patents was at most a substitute for knowledge and did not constitute sufficient egregious behavior to support enhanced damages.