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  • Cousins v. Goodier

    Publication Date: 2021-08-18
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Karsnitz
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen J. Neuberger, Thomas S. Neuberger, The Neuberger Firm, P.A., Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Rodney A. Smolla, Wilmington, DE; Douglas D. Herrmann, Troutman Pepper Hamilton Saunders LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendant.
    Case Number: D69504

    Allegedly defamatory statements constituted nonactionable opinion where the statements constituted subjective opinion and hyperbole, and the maker of the statement disclosed nondefamatory facts underlying the opinion that would allow recipients of the statement to evaluate the validity of the opinion for themselves.

  • In re: Hurley

    Publication Date: 2021-08-11
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Montgomery-Reeves
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph A. Hurley, Wilmington, DE, on his own behalf.
    for defendant: Ryan T. Costa,Delaware Dep’t of Justice, Wilmington, DE for the Superior Court.
    Case Number: D69499

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in finding that an attorney's statements to the press violated a gag order, because there was a substantial likelihood that the comments would cause material prejudice.

  • Webb v. Chapman

    Publication Date: 2021-07-28
    Practice Area: Civil Rights
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: D69485

    In this civil rights action, plaintiff failed to adequately allege that defendants were acting under color of state law or that they engaged in a conspiracy.

  • Purnell v. State

    Publication Date: 2021-06-30
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Valihura
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Herbert W. Mondros, Rigrodsky Law, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Tiffani D. Hurst, Hurst Legal Services, Phila-delphia, PA for defendant.
    for defendant: Carolyn S. Hake, Delaware Dep’t of Justice, Wilmington, DE for the state.
    Case Number: D69450

    Defendant presented an extraordinary case that he was entitled to relief on his untimely and successive post-conviction relief motion due to his trial attorney's conflict of interest.

  • United States v. Colon

    Publication Date: 2021-05-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Stark
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David C. Weiss, Whitney C. Cloud, Jennifer K. Welsh, United States Attorney’s Office, Wilmington, DE for the government.
    for defendant: Caroline Goldner Cinquanto, Philadelphia, PA for defendant.
    Case Number: D69413

    The court granted an attorney's motion to withdraw because of a breakdown in the attorney-client rela-tionship, and it approved defendant's request for new counsel.

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  • In re Maxus Energy Corp.

    Publication Date: 2021-04-21
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy
    Industry: Energy | Legal Services
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Sontchi
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Adam G. Landis, Matthew B. McGuire, Landis Rath & Cobb LLP, Wilmington, DE; Victor L. Hou, Ari E. MacKinnon, Cleary Gottleib Steen & Hamilton LLP, New York, NY for YPF defendants.
    for defendant: Brian E. Farnan, Michael J. Farnan, Farnan LLP, Wilmington, DE; J. Christopher Shore, Matthew L. Nichol-son, White & Case LLP, New York, NY for liquidating trust.
    Case Number: D69369

    Bankruptcy court denied a motion to disqualify the firm that served as lead counsel for a liquidating trust, because the firm had implemented a screen with respect to an attorney who had joined the firm.

  • Donald M. Durkin Contracting., Inc. v. City of Newark

    Publication Date: 2020-10-21
    Practice Area: Litigation
    Industry: Construction | Legal Services | State and Local Government
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Streett
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul A. Logan for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Max B. Walton for defendant.
    Case Number: D69160

    Reargument on motion to dismiss declaratory judgment suit denied where plaintiff asserted no new facts or law to change the court's determination that the parties' settlement agreement did not obligate defendant to cooperate in plaintiff's separate action against defendant's counsel.

  • Weddle v. BP Amoco Chem., Co.

    Publication Date: 2020-09-09
    Practice Area: Occupational Safety and Health
    Industry: Chemicals and Materials | Legal Services
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Rocanelli
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patrick C. Gallagher and David T. Crumplar, Jacobs & Crumplar, P.A., Wilmington, DE for claimant.
    for defendant: Paul A. Bradley and Antoinette D. Hubbard, Maron Marvel Bradley Anderson & Tardy LLC, Wilmington, DE for employer.
    Case Number: D69117

    Where claimant prevailed on an appeal in this workers' compensation matter, the court awarded attorney fees but adjusted the rates requested by claimant's counsel.

  • Tyler v. Diamond State Port Corp.

    Publication Date: 2020-09-02
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: Cargo and Shipping | Legal Services
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Judge Greenaway
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: D69108

    The district court did not abuse its discretion in denying plaintiff's motion for a stay of proceeding.

  • Ferrellgas Partners L.P. v. Zurich Am. Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2020-09-02
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Insurance | Legal Services
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Johnston
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brenton W. Vincent, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP, Chicago, IL; David J. Baldwin and Peter C. McGivney, Berger Harris, LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Daniel McNeel Lane, Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP, San Antonio, TX; Samantha Miller, Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP, Washington DC; Thomas G. Macauley, Macauley, LLC, Wilmington, DE, attorneys for defendant.
    Case Number: D69104

    Prior declaratory judgment directing insurer to pay insured's defense costs in underlying litigation did not obligate insured to subsequently seek a money judgment, and instead insured could submit invoices for review of reasonableness.