• Auto Equity Loans of Delaware LLC v. Baird

    Publication Date: 2021-06-23
    Practice Area: Fee Disputes
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Automotive
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Jones
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen A. Spence, Catherine M. Cramer, Baird Mandalas Brockstedt, LLC, Lewes, DE for appellant.
    for defendant: Vivian A. Houghton, Law Office of Vivian A. Houghton, Wilmington, DE; Robert F. Salvin, Bala Cynwyd, PA for appellees.

    Case Number: D69439

    Application to trial court for statutory fee shifting for appellee work was not time-barred where litigants requested remand for entry of judgment and to file applications for fees, while the appellate courts' decisions remanded the matter back to the trial court for further proceedings.

  • Dominica v. The Greenery at Rodney Square, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2020-09-30
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Food and Beverage | Travel and Tourism
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Jones
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Timothy A. Dillon, McCann & Wall, LLC, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Colin M. Shalk, Casarino, Christman, Shalk, Ransom & Doss, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Mary A. Jacobson, New Castle County Government Center, New Castle, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: D69135

    Although lessee generally owed no liability for slip and fall accident where lessor retained duty to maintain and repair walkways, where plaintiff's alleged accident occurred outside leased premises lessee could owe duty to warn invitees of dangers on adjacent property necessary for ingress/egress that are known to the leseee.

  • Dominica v. The Greenery at Rodney Square, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2020-07-08
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Jones
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Timothy A. Dillon, McCann & Wall, LLC, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Colin M. Shalk, Casarino, Christman, Shalk, Ransom & Doss, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Mary A. Jacobson, New Castle County Government Center, New Castle, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: D69039

    County was entitled to immunity from slip-and-fall accident, pursuant to County and Municipal Tort Claims Act, where accident took place at a historic site used primarily for public outdoor recreation.