• Gonzalez-Rodriguez v. Soto

    Publication Date: 2021-03-31
    Practice Area: Insurance Litigation
    Industry: Construction | Insurance
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Medinilla
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joel Fredricks, Weik, Nitsche & Dougherty, LLC, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Jessica L. Tyler, Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin, Wilmington, DE for defendant National Fire Insurance Company of Hartford.

    Case Number: D69346

    An injured worker lacked standing to reform an insurance policy where his employer had elected not to have underinsured motorist coverage, so the court granted insurer's motion to dismiss.

  • State of Delaware v. Coleman

    Publication Date: 2021-03-03
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Medinilla
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Martin O’Connor, Elizabeth McFarlan, Dep’t of Justice, Wilmington, DE for the state.
    for defendant: Patrick Collins, Collins & Associates, Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: D69317

    Defendant failed to demonstrate the ineffectiveness of his trial counsel, so the court rejected his motion for post-conviction relief.

  • State v. Ackridge

    Publication Date: 2021-01-27
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Medinilla
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jillian Schroeder, Dep’t of Justice, Wilmington, DE for the state.
    for defendant: John Barber, Office of Defense Services, Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: D69275

    After conducting a reverse amenability hearing, the court granted a juvenile's motion to have his pending criminal matter transferred to family court.

  • State of Delaware v. Wisher

    Publication Date: 2020-03-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Medinilla
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Erika Flaschner and Jillian Schroeder, Dep’t of Justice, Wilmington, DE for the state.
    for defendant: Cathy Johnson and Charles Tate, Office of Defense Services, Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: D68916

    The court denied a juvenile's motion to transfer charges to family court, because the juvenile engaged in conduct that was in-creasingly violent, and he had not meaningfully responded to past attempts at rehabilitation.

  • State of Delaware v. Smith

    Publication Date: 2020-03-04
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Medinilla
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Frawley, Dep’t of Justice, Wilmington, DE for the state.
    for defendant: Brian J. Chapman, Law Office of Brian J. Chapman, Newark, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: D68901

    The court denied a juvenile defendant's motion to transfer his case to family court.

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  • State of Delaware v. Kent

    Publication Date: 2019-10-09
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Medinilla
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Amanda J. DiLiberto, Department of Justice, Wilmington, DE for the state.
    for defendant: John S. Edinger, Jr. , Office of Defense Services, Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: D68732

    Defendant was not entitled to an acquittal for the lesser-included offense of attempted rape, because the state presented evi-dence that defendant took a substantial step in completing that crime.

  • Schmelz v. Martone

    Publication Date: 2019-05-15
    Practice Area: Insurance Law | Motor Vehicle Torts
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Medinilla
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert T. Graney, Law Offices of Chrissinger & Baumberger, Wilmington, DE for third-party defendant Liberty Mutual.
    for defendant: Matthew E. O'Byrne, Casarino Christman Shalk Ransom & Doss, P.A., Wilmington, DE for defendant Martone.

    Case Number: D68563

    Defendant did not have standing to pursue a counterclaim against plaintiff's insurer for indemnity or contribution in this personal injury matter, because she did not have a legally protected interest.

  • Rowland v. American Biltrite, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2019-05-08
    Practice Area: Products Liability
    Industry: Chemicals and Materials | Manufacturing
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Medinilla
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ipek K. Medford, Bartholomew J. Dalton, Andrew C. Dalton and Michael C. Dalton, Dalton & Assoc., P.A., Wilmington, DE; Adam Balick and Patrick J. Smith, Balick & Balick, LLC, Wilmington, DE; Weitz & Luxenberg, P.C., New York, NY for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Beth E. Valocchi, Joseph S. Naylor and Bryan P. Smith, Swartz Campbell, LLC , Wilmington, DE for moving defendant.

    Case Number: D68556

    Plaintiffs failed to demonstrate that a product provided by defendant contained asbestos.

  • Summers v. Cabela's Wholesale, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2019-04-10
    Practice Area: Wrongful Death
    Industry: Retail
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Medinilla
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bruce L. Hudson, Hudson & Castle Law, LLC, Wilmington, DE; Jonathan E. Lowy and Erin C. Davis, Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence, Washington, DC for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Francis G.X. Pileggi, Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC, Wilmington, DE; James B. Vogts, Swanson, Martin & Bell LLP, Chicago, IL for defendant.

    Case Number: D68523

    Defendant was entitled to dismissal of negligence claims where it complied with all statutory requirements for the sale of a firearm.

  • Keeler v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.

    Publication Date: 2019-04-10
    Practice Area: Banking and Finance Laws | Commercial Law
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Medinilla
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Elwood T. Eveland, Jr., The Eveland Law Firm for appellant.
    for defendant: Nicholas T. Verna, Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP for appellee.

    Case Number: D68519

    Trial court erred in dismissing banking violation under UCC without determining whether breach of contract claim could proceed independent of a UCC claim, where the allegations of the contract claim also raised an issue of the bank's compliance with UCC requirements.