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Girardot v. The Chemours Co.

Publication Date: 2018-04-11
Practice Area: Class Actions | Employment Litigation
Industry: Chemicals and Materials
Court: Delaware Superior Court
Judge: Judge Johnston
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert K. Beste and Jonathan Landesman for plaintiffs
for defendant: Stephanie E. O'Byrne and Kathleen Furey McDonough for defendant.
Case Number: D68105

Plaintiffs in this class action matter were entitled to pursue recovery of severance pay under state wage law, and their claims were filed within the statute of limitations.

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Lockhart v. Progressive Northern Ins. Co.

Click Here for FC&S Legal Expert Analysis Lockhart v. Progressive Northern Ins. Co.Court of Common Pleas of Delaware, New CastleMarch 19,…

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March 27, 2018 | Delaware Law Weekly

Ex-Workers' Claim for Post-Spinoff Severance Pay From Chemours Survives

A Delaware Superior Court judge ruled Monday that former employees of The Chemours Co. may sue for severance payments they said they were denied after allegedly being duped into taking a less generous buyout deal as the chemical firm downsized following its spinoff from DuPont.

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FMC Corp. v. New Castle Co. Special Serv. Dept.

Publication Date: 2018-03-14
Practice Area: Government | Regulation
Industry:
Court: Delaware Superior Court
Judge: Judge LeGrow
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jessica C. Watt and Brendan K. Collins for petitioner
for defendant: Max B. Walton, Kyle E. Gay and Marlaine A. White for defendant.
Case Number: D68074

The general manager of a county special services department exceeded her authority in issuing a final order that imposed fines and injunctive relief for a partys failure to comply with the restrictions of a permit. Administrative order vacated.

Mabey v. Crystalite Bohemia, S.R.O.

Publication Date: 2018-02-21
Practice Area: Products Liability
Industry: Consumer Products
Court: Delaware Superior Court
Judge: Judge Davis
Attorneys: For plaintiff:
for defendant:
Case Number: D68050

Plaintiffs did not allege a direct connection between a non-resident defendant and Delaware under the long-arm statute, but plaintiffs made a plausible argument in support of personal jurisdiction.

Delaware Bldg. Supply, Inc. v. Integrity Builders, Inc.

Publication Date: 2018-01-24
Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Contracts
Industry: Construction | Distribution and Wholesale
Court: Delaware Superior Court
Judge: Judge Stokes
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patrick Scanlon and Darlene Wyatt Blythe, Law Office of Patrick Scanlon, P.A., Milford, DE, attorneys for plaintiff
for defendant: Peter K. Schaeffer, Avenue Law, Dover, DE, attorney for defendants.
Case Number: D68015

Summary judgment denied where guaranty upon which plaintiffs claim was based was illegible, and where discovery had revealed facts permitting defendant to assert novation defense.

The Crest Condo. Assn v. Royal Plus, Inc.

Publication Date: 2017-12-27
Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Contractual Disputes
Industry: Construction | Real Estate
Court: Delaware Superior Court
Judge: Judge Stokes
Attorneys: For plaintiff: William J. Rhodunda and Nicholas G. Kondraschow, Rhodunda & Williams, Wilmington, DE, attorneys for plaintiff
for defendant: Nichols H. Rodriguez and Dianna E. Louder, Schmittinger & Rodriguez, P.A., Dover, DE; Wade A. Adams II, Chrissinger & Baumberger, Wilmington, DE; Thomas P. Leff, Casarino Christman Shalk Ransom & Doss, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Joseph S. Naylor, Swartz Campbell, LLC, Wilmington, DE, attorneys for defendants.
Case Number: D67984

Summary judgment deferred where plaintiffs evidence created genuine issues of material fact as to the applicability of the doctrines of inherently unknowable injuries and fraudulent concealment to toll the limitations period and render plaintiffs complaint timely.

Clean Harbors, Inc. v. Union Pac. Corp.

Publication Date: 2017-11-29
Practice Area: Contractual Disputes | Environmental Law
Industry: Transportation
Court: Delaware Superior Court
Judge: Judge Johnston
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard L. Renck, Christopher M. Winter, and Mackenzie M. Wrobel, Duane Morris LLP; Paul L. Feldman, Gary S. Matsko, and Christopher J. Marino, Davis Malm & D'Agostine, P.C., attorneys for plaintiff
for defendant: Ann L. Al-Bahish and Lauren K. Valastro, Kelley Drye/Jackson Gilmour & Dobbs; Norton A. Colvin and Mitchell C. Chaney, Colvin, Chaney, Saenz & Rodriguez, LLP; Stephen B. Brauerman and Sara E. Bussiere, Bayard, P.A.; James W. Semple, Cooch and Taylor, P.A., attorneys for defendant.
Case Number: D67951

Defendant not entitled to new trial where jury verdict not against great weight of evidence, as jury accepted, in part, defendants argument that plaintiffs costs were unreasonable, by reducing the amount of damages plaintiff sought.

Catlin Specialty Ins. Co. v. CBL & Assocs. Props.

Publication Date: 2017-11-01
Practice Area: Insurance Law
Industry: Insurance | Real Estate | Retail
Court: Delaware Superior Court
Judge: Judge Wallace
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Emily K. Silverstein, Marks, O'Neill, O'Brien, Doherty & Kelly P.C., Wilmington, DE; Louis H. Kozloff, Goldber Segalla LLP, Philadelphia, PA, attorneys for plaintiff
for defendant: John A. Sensing, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Alan E. Popkin, David W. Sobelman, and Melissa Z. Baris, Husch Blackwell LLP, St. Louis, MO, attorneys for defendant.
Case Number: D67918

Insurer had no duty to defend or indemnify insured under professional negligence liability policy where underlying action only alleged insureds intentional fraudulent conduct.

Lambert v. Novak Druce Connolly Bove and Quigg LLP

Publication Date: 2017-10-11
Practice Area: Labor Law
Industry: Aerospace | Legal Services
Court: Delaware Superior Court
Judge: Judge Eric Davis
Attorneys: For plaintiff:
for defendant:
Case Number: D67896

Default judgment granted where defendant purposely avoided acceptance of service of process, rendering its failure to timely answer inexcusable neglect.