Case Digests

Isaac v. Cable News Network, Inc.

Publication Date: 2024-10-15
Practice Area: Personal Injury
Industry: Electronics | Technology Media and Telecom
Court: Delaware Superior Court
Judge: Judge Robinson
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ronald G. Poliquin, The Poliquin Firm, LLC, Dover, DE; Joseph D. Stanley, Schwartz & Schwartz, P.A., Dover, DE; Brian R. Della Roca, Compass Law Partners, Rockville, MD for plaintiff.
for defendant: David J. Soldo, Morris James, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Katherine M. Bolger, Hilary Oran, Davis Wright Tremaine, LLP, New York, NY; Alison Schary, Davis Wright Tremaine, LLP, Washington, DC; David J. Margules, Lauren P. Russell, Ballard Spahr, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Kaitlin M. Gurney, Ballard Spahr, LLP, Philadelphia, PA; Bartholomew J. Dalton, Connor C. Dalton, Jessica L. Needles, Dalton & Associates, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Abbe D. Lowell, Sanaya M. Tamboli, Winston & Strawn LLP, Washington, DC; David A. Kolansky, Winston & Strawn LLP, New York, NY; Joseph M. Turk, BFPCC, Inc., Wilmington, DC; David J. Burman, John M. Devaney, Perkins Coie, LLP for defendants.
Case Number: S22C-10-012 RHR

News interviews were not defamatory where they did not directly mention or indirectly reference plaintiff and where plaintiff, a limited public figure, failed to show actual malice by the news outlets.

330 Hospitality Group, LLC v. The City of Rehoboth Beach

Publication Date: 2024-08-06
Practice Area: Land Use and Planning
Industry: Construction | Real Estate | State and Local Government
Court: Delaware Superior Court
Judge: Judge Robinson
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard E. Berl, Jr., Hudson, Jones, Jaywork & Fisher, LLC, Lewes, DE for petitioner.
for defendant: Daniel A. Griffith, Thomas Wallace, Whiteford, Taylor & Preston, LLC, Wilmington, DE for respondents.
Case Number: S22C-11-016 RHR

Court remanded denial of rezoning application where city commissioners failed to adequately explain the legal reasons for denying the application.

Mid-Sussex Rescue Squad v. Hearne

Publication Date: 2024-02-26
Practice Area: Labor Law
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Court: Delaware Superior Court
Judge: Judge Robinson
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kimberly A. Harrison, Tybout, Redfearn & Pell, Wilmington, DE for appellant.
for defendant: Ross C. Karsnitz, Morris James, LLP, Georgetown, DE for appellee.
Case Number: S23A-06-002 RHR

Industrial Accident Board correctly calculated divisor for determining average weekly wage by excluding a claimant's paid time off taken during weeks that they worked, as workers' compensation laws required exclusion of benefit time, including sick and vacation leave, from the calculation of a claimant's AWW.

Barnes v. Hooper

Publication Date: 2024-01-29
Practice Area: Personal Injury
Industry: Entertainment and Leisure
Court: Delaware Superior Court
Judge: Judge Robinson
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ross C. Karsnitz, Matthew R. Fogg, Keith Donovan, Morris James, LLP, Georgetown, DE for plaintiffs.
for defendant: Susan List Hauke, Tybout, Redfearn & Pell, Wilmington, DE; Paul S. Sunshine, Reger Rizzo & Darnall, LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.
Case Number: S23C-04-007

Property owner owed no duty or liability to motor vehicle accident victim struck by an intoxicated motorist off-premises after owner found the motorist sleeping in his parked vehicle on the property in an apparent state of intoxication and woke him.

Strobert Tree Serv., Inc. v. Unemployment Ins. Appeal Bd.

Publication Date: 2023-11-13
Practice Area: Labor Law
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Court: Delaware Superior Court
Judge: Judge Robinson
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Victoria K. Petrone, Brian v. DeMott, Baird Mandalas Brockstedt & Federico, LLC, Wilmington, DE for appellant.
for defendant: Victoria W. Counihan, Delaware Department of Justice, Wilmington, DE for appellee Unemployment Ins. Appeal Bd; George Shaw, appellee pro se.
Case Number: S23A-05-001 RHR

Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board correctly upheld referee's decision overturning denial of unemployment benefits claim where employer only presented hearsay evidence to prove that employee was terminated for willful or wanton misconduct and UIAB could not base a decision solely on hearsay.

TA Instruments, Inc. v. Perkin-Elmer Corp.

Publication Date: 2000-02-29
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Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
Judge: Robinson
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Case Number: D00053

McKesson Automation, Inc. v. Swisslog Italia S.P.A.

Publication Date: 2012-02-01
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Court: U.S. DISTRICT COURT OF DELAWARE
Judge: Robinson, J.
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Case Number: D64809

Vehicle IP, LLC v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

Publication Date: 2010-12-15
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Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
Judge: , Robinson, J.
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Case Number: D64263

Vici Racing, Llc V. T-Mobile Usa, Inc.

Publication Date: 2013-02-19
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Court: U.S. DISTRICT COURT OF DELAWARE
Judge: Robinson, D.J.
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Case Number: D65395

Greenstar, LLC v. Heller

Publication Date: 2011-10-12
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Court: U.S. DISTRICT COURT OF DELAWARE
Judge: Robinson, J.
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Case Number: D64663