• InterMune, Inc. v. Harkonen

    Publication Date: 2024-08-13
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Biotechnology | Insurance | Pharmaceuticals
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Cook
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Karen A. Jacobs, Megan W. Cascio, Courtney Kurz, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Laurie Carr Mims, Benjamin D. Rothstein, Candice Mai Khanh Nguyen, Melissa Cornell, Catherine C. Porto, Keker, Van Nest & Peters LLP, San Francisco, CA for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Michael A. Weidinger, Megan Ix Brison, Pinckney, Weidinger, Urban & Joyce LLC, Wilmington, DE; Elizabeth Sandza, Richard Sandza, Sandza Law, PLLC, Washington, DC for defendant.

    Case Number: 2021-0694-NAC

    Officer was obligated to reimburse corporation for advancement costs issued in connection with officer's criminal prosecution for actions taken in the course of his duties when that prosecution culminated in his conviction, precluding him from asserting good faith entitlement to indemnification under the Delaware General Corporation Law.

  • The Cigna Group v. XL Specialty Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2024-07-09
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Rennie
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jennifer C. Wasson, Carla M. Jones, Ryan D. Kingshill, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Brook Roberts, Drew Gardiner, Christine Rolph, James Tabb, Jessica England, Paula Moura, Latham & Watkins LLP, San Diego, CA & New York, NY for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Bruce E. Jameson, John G. Day, Prickett, Jones & Elliott, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Tammy Yuen, Rebecca Amdursky, Amber Locklear, Skarzynski Marick & Black LLP, New York, NY; Marc S. Casarino, Karine Sarkisian, Gary S. Kull, Kennedys CMK LLP, Wilmington, DE & Basking Ridge, NJ for defendants.

    Case Number: N23C-03-009 SKR CCLD

    Court denied motion to compel discovery to the extent that discovery requests sought documents irrelevant to the case or communications protected by attorney-client privilege.

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

    Publication Date: 2024-06-25
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Cargo and Shipping | Energy | Insurance
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Valihura
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David J. Baldwin, Peter McGivney, Berger Harris LLP, Wilmington, DE; Brent W. Vincent, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP, Chicago, IL for appellants.
    for defendant: Bruce W. McCullough, Bodell Bove, LLC, Wilmington, DE; Louis A. Bové, Bodell Bove, LLC, Philadelphia, PA for appellee.

    Case Number: N19C-05-275

    Trial court correctly determined that insurance policy unambiguously excluded coverage for wrongful acts that occurred after the coverage period, as the policy's run-off exclusion merely allowed claimant to file a covered claim after the policy period expired.

  • Origis USA LLC v. Great Am. Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2024-05-20
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Energy | Insurance
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Rennie
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian M. Rostocki, Anne M. Steadman, Reed Smith LLP, Wilmington, DE; Carolyn H. Rosenberg, Reed Smith LLP, Chicago, IL; Stephen T. Raptis, Reed Smith LLP, Washington, DC for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: David J. Soldo, Morris James LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael D. Margulies, Charles W. Strotter, Carlton Fields, P.A., New York, NY; Jennifer C. Jauffret, Puja A. Upadhyay, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Courtney E. Scott, Tressler LLP, New York, NY; Robert J. Katzenstein, Julie M. O’Dell, Smith, Katzenstein & Jenkins LLP; Kevin M. Mattessich, Kevin Windels, Kaufman Dolowich Voluck, New York, NY; Bruce E. Jameson, John G. Day, Prickett, Jones & Elliott, P.A., Wilmington, DE, James T. Sandnes, Skarzynski Marick & Black LLP, New York, NY; Krista M. Reale, Margolis Edelstein, Wilmington DE; Michael F. Perlis, Kaufman Borgeest & Ryan LLP, Woodland Hills, CA; Patrick Stoltz, Kaufman Borgeest & Ryan LLP, Valhalla, NY; Shaun Michael Kelly, Jarrett W. Horowitz, Sara A. Barry, Connolly Gallagher LLP, Wilmington, DE; James K. Thurston, Wilson Elser, Chicago, IL; Daniel E. Tranen, Wilson Elser, St. Louis, MO; Erik J. Tomberg, Wilson Elsner, Raleigh, NC; Thaddeus J. Weaver, Dilworth Paxson LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael J. Smith, Bryan W. Petrilla, Stewart Smith, West Conshohocken, PA; Aaron M. Nelson, Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: N23C-07-102

    No action clause in D&O insurance policy was enforceable and precluded insured from filing legal action against the insurer until the insured's financial obligations were fixed in an underlying litigation.

  • Irons v. CSAA Gen. Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2024-04-29
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Rennie
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Keith E. Donovan, Morris James LLP, Dover, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Douglass Lee Mowrey, Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: N20C-03-128 SKR

    Person injured in an accident while removing cargo from the rear storage of a vehicle was entitled to PIP coverage under applicable New Jersey law.

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  • Travelers Cas. & Surety Co. of Am. v. Blackbaud, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-04-08
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: E-Commerce | Insurance | Non-Profit
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wade A. Adams, Law Offices of Wade A. Adams, III, Newark, DE; Kenneth T. Levine, de Luca Levine LLC, East Norriton, PA; Lisa C. McLaughlin, Todd L. Goodman, Phillips, McLaughlin & Hall, P.A., Wilmington, DE for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: John P. DiTomo, Emily C. Friedman, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Sarah Fulton Hutchins, Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP, Charlotte, NC; Corri A. Hopkins, Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP, Raleigh, NC for defendant.

    Case Number: N22C-12-130 KMM

    Insurers' subrogation action failed where they failed to identify specific contractual provisions or common law duties of care that were breached by hosting company that suffered a data breach.

  • Carpenter v. Liberty Mut. Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2024-03-18
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Fallon
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bayard Marin, Daulton Gregory, Marin & Gregory, LLC, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Karine Sarkisian, Kennedys CMK LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: 23-752-SRF

    Court remanded case due to untimely notice of removal as equitable claim within Delaware chancery court's jurisdiction could be heard by federal court sitting in diversity and the applicable insurance policy limit at issue met the amount-in-controversy threshold.

  • Zurich Am. Ins. Co. v. Sygenta Crop Prot., LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-03-11
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Agriculture | Chemicals and Materials | Insurance
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Traynor
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John D. Balaguer, Lindsey E. Imbrogno, Balaguer Milewski & Imbrogno, Wilmington, DE; Michael M. Marick, Timothy H. Wright, Skarzynski Marick & Black LLP, attorneys for appellants
    for defendant: Stephen E. Jenkins, Catherine A. Gaul, Ashby & Geddes, Wilmington, DE; Dorthea W. Regal, Joshua L. Blosveren, Miriam J. Manber, Hoguet Newman Regal & Kenney, LLP, New York, NY, attorneys for appellee.

    Case Number: 135, 2023

    Communications threating litigation at some indefinite time in the future without identifying claimants or requesting monetary relief were insufficient to constitute a "claim for damages" that would trigger or bar liability insurance coverage.

  • Alexion Pharm., Inc. v. Endurance Assurance Corp.

    Publication Date: 2024-02-26
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Insurance | Pharmaceuticals
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Wallace
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daniel M. Silver, Benjamin A. Smith, McCarter & English, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Robin L. Cohen, Cynthia M. Jordano, David J. Matulewicz-Crowley, Cohen Ziffer Frenchman & McKenna LLP, New York, NY for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Marc S. Casarino, Kennedys CMK LLP, Wilmington, DE; Jeanette L. Dixon, Manning & Kass, Ellrod, Ramriez, Trester LLP, New York, NY; John C. Phillips, Jr., David A. Bilson, Phillips McLaughlin & Hall, Wilmington, DE; James Sandnes, Sarah F. Voytryas, Skarzynski Marick & Black, LLP, New York, NY; Bruce W. McCullough, Bodel Bové, LLC, Wilmington, DE; Ronald P. Schiller, Thomas N. Brown, Daniel J. Layden, Hangley Aronchick Segal Pudlin & Schiller, Philadelphia, PA; R. Grant Dick, Cooch and Taylor, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Courtney E. Scott, Tressler LLP, New York, NY for defendants.

    Case Number: N22C-10-340

    Court found that coverage exclusion in defendants' insurance tower for insured's securities action was not triggered where prior SEC subpoena was, at best, tangentially related to the action as the subpoena and the action focused on two different types of alleged improper conduct.

  • Employers Ins. Co. of Wasau v. First State Orthopaedics, P.A.

    Publication Date: 2024-01-22
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Health Care | Insurance
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LeGrow
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin J. Connors, Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin, Wilmington, DE; Andrew Hatchett, Tiffany Powers, Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, GA for appellants.
    for defendant: John S. Spadaro, John Sheehan Spadaro, LLC, Wilmington, DE; Jonathan L. Parshall, Lauren A. Cirrinicione, Murphy & Landon, Wilmington, DE for appellee.

    Case Number: 27, 2023D

    Trial court erred in concluding that medical provider had standing to challenge lawfulness of insurer's old billing codes under the workers' compensation law, where the insurer had switched to a new billing code system prior to, and independent of, the provider's lawsuit and any prospective declaratory relief would not redress the claimed injury.