Appeals & Motions List released on:May 30, 2024

Plaintiff became solely responsible for escrow agent's legal fees and costs when she refused agent's request to interplead escrow funds and terminate its involvement in the dispute, where the parties' escrow agreement expressly contemplated the agent's non-involvement in disputes over escrow funds.

Court interpreted the scope of the parties' joint waiver of their contractual mandatory arbitration provision to include only those claims the parties had asserted in their pleadings at the time they executed the waiver, so as to avoid an unintended waiver of bargained-for rights.

State common law claims arising from fossil fuel companies' operations which harmed the environment were largely preempted by the Clean Air Act, which regulated the use of fossil fuels and emissions standards.

Life insurance was void ab initio where parties without an insurable interest in the life of the decedent used Delaware statutory trusts to conceal the illegal nature of the policy and facilitate payment of policy premiums.

Insurance Policy Is Ambiguous as to Warehouse's Status as 'Approved Location'

Failure to be expressly advised of continued no-contact order at second arraignment did not violate due process where the terms of the order explicitly stated that it remained in effect until changed/withdrawn or until the case ended.

ECD Did Not Bar Claims Against Religious Organizations Not Cognizable When Sexual Abuse Victim Pursued Negligence Claims Against Family Members

Appeals & Motions List released on:November 16, 2023

Plaintif's Legal Claim to Subject Property Extinguished When His Father Died