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  • NSI-MI Holdings, LLC v. AMETEK, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-11-27
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Manufacturing | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Wallace
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Katharine L. Mowery, Dorronda Bordley, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; David W. Long-Daniels, M. Allyson Lumpkin, Ansley K. Fantaski, Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP, Atlanta, GA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Joanna J. Cline, Emily L. Wheatley, Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael S. Hino, Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP, Berwyn, PA for defendant.
    Case Number: N22C-08-489

    Court ordered escrow released where company had failed to state a valid claim for indemnification as it had not identified any extant loss that it had incurred or paid for.

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

    Publication Date: 2023-11-13
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry:
    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.

  • Citizens Against Solar Pollution v. Kent County

    Publication Date: 2023-10-30
    Practice Area: Land Use and Planning
    Industry: Energy | Non-Profit | State and Local Government
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Medinilla
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard L. Abbot, Abbot Law Firm, Hockessin, DE for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Max B. Walton, Lisa R. Hatfield, Erica K. Sefton, Connolly Gallagher LLP, Newark, DE; Richard A. Forsten, Wendie C. Stabler, James D. Taylor, Jr., Saul Ewing LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.
    Case Number: N23C-03-196 VLM

    Although plaintiffs failed to seek timely certiorari review of conditional use permit approval, transfer of the case from the chancery court after it concluded that it lacked subject matter jurisdiction because plaintiffs had an adequate remedy at law permitted the court to exercise its discretion to hear the case.

  • Data Logger Solutions, LLC v. Digi Smartsense, LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-09-04
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Manufacturing | Retail | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Krista M. Reale, Margolis Edelstein, Wilmington, DE; Herbert W. Mondros, Rigrodsky Law, P.A. Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: K. Tyler O’Connell, Barnaby Grzaslewicz, Samuel E. Bashman, Morris James LLP, Wilmington, DE; Eric C. Liebeler, Kevin Kitchen, Connor Shaull, Stinson LLP, Minneapolis, MN for defendants.
    Case Number: N20C-10-121-EMD

    Concluding that the facts alleged for the breach of contract claim in the original complaint were similar to those pled in the claim for tortious interference in the amended complaint, the court denied defendant's motion to dismiss finding that defendant was provided sufficient notice of the tortious interference claim to relate back to the original complaint.

  • In Re: Proton Pump Inhibitors Prod. Liab. Litig.

    Publication Date: 2023-08-28
    Practice Area: Products Liability
    Industry: Manufacturing | Pharmaceuticals
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas G. Macauley, Macauley LLC, Wilmington, DE; Martin Bienstock, Bienstock PLLC, Washington, D.C. for plaintiff.
    for defendant: James J. Freebery, Daniel J. Brown, Makenzie Windfelder, Hayley J. Reese, Chelsea A. Botsch, McCarter & English, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Arthur E. Brown, William Hoffman, Matthew Douglas, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, New York, NY; Amy K. Fisher, Katherine D. Althoff, Carolyn E. Riggs, Ice Miller LLP, Indianapolis, IN; Philip A. Rovner, Jonathan A. Choa, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Sherry Knutson, Tucker Ellis LLP, Chicago, IL; Craig A. Thompson, Venable LLP, Baltimore, MD for defendants.
    Case Number: N17C-07-001 PPI

    Plaintiff brought the underlying personal injury action against defendants alleging that defendants were responsible for developing, manufacturing, marketing, and distributing proton pump inhibitor products that were unsafe, defectively designed, lacked proper warnings, and were unfit to be marketed and sold in the United States. Defendants individually and collectively moved to dismiss the claims. Plaintiff brought the case as administrator of a health care plan directly and as subrogee of its members' claims for a variety of injurie

  • Nat'l Union Fire Ins. Co. of Pittsburgh, PA v. FedEx Corp.

    Publication Date: 2023-07-31
    Practice Area: Insurance Litigation
    Industry: Cargo and Shipping | Insurance
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Cahall, McCormick & Priore, P.C., Newark, DE; Daniel McNeel Lane, Jr., Kelly A. Potter, Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP, San Antonio, TX; Mina Matin, Lisa Schapria, Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP, New York, NY for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Steven L. Caponi, Matthew B. Goeller, Megan E. O’Connor, K&L Gates LLP, Wilmington, DE; Carolyn M. Branthoover, Jessica L.G. Moran, K&L Gates LLP, Pittsburgh, PA; Richard M. Beck, Sally E. Veghte, Klehr Harrison Harvey Branzburg LLP, Wilmington, DE; James P. Ruggeri, Edward B. Parks, II, Sean T. Kelly, Ruggeri Parks Weinberg LLP, Washington, DC; Marc S. Casarino, Kennedys CMK LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.
    Case Number: N22C-08-488 EMD CCLD

    Court stayed action under comity where another jurisdiction determined to proceed with parallel action despite that case being second-filed since that action had connections to the jurisdiction, and staying the present action would avoid duplicative litigation or inconsistent results.

  • Ridgewood Manor MHC, LLC v. Ridgewood Manor HOA

    Publication Date: 2023-07-17
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Hospitality and Lodging
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Green-Streett
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David C. Zerbato, Moton, Valihura & Zerbato, LLC, Greenville, DE for appellant.
    for defendant: Anthony V. Panicola, Olga K. Beskrone, Colten L. Fleu, Community Legal Aid Society, Inc., Dover, DE for appellee.
    Case Number: K21A-10-002 RLG

    Arbitrator erred by considering and carving out a manufactured home community owner's acquisition costs in denying the owner's request for an above-inflation rent increase, where the analytical framework merely required the arbitrator to consider the statutory factors after finding the owner had made capital expenditures that directly related to the community maintenance and improvement.

  • DRIT LP v. Glaxo Group Ltd.

    Publication Date: 2023-05-09
    Practice Area: Intellectual Property
    Industry: Pharmaceuticals
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Carpenter
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gregory P. Williams, Chad M. Shandler, Nicole K. Pedi, Richards, Layton & Finger P.A., Wilmington, DE; Keith R. Hummel, Karin A. DeMasi, Adam I. Rich, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, New York, NY for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Philip A. Rovner, Jonathan A. Choa, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Matthew M. Wolf, John E. Nilsson, Soumitra Deka, Bridgette Boyd, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, Washington, DC for defendants.
    Case Number: N16C-07-218 WCC CCLD

    Statutory disclaimer was effective once patent holder submitted disclaimer form authorizing payment of the filing fee to the patent holder's deposit account with the PTO.

  • US Dominion, Inc. v. Fox News Network, LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-04-18
    Practice Area: Business Torts
    Industry: Manufacturing | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Farnan, Michael J. Farnan, Farnan LLP, Wilmington, DE;
    for defendant: Rodney Smolla, South Royalton, VT; Thomas A. Clare, Megan L. Meier, Dustin A. Pusch, Daniel P. Watkins, Clare Locke, LLP, Alexandria, VA; Justin A. Nelson, Jonathan J. Ross, Elizabeth Hadaway, Susman Godfrey LLP, Houston, TX; Stephen Shackelford, Jr., Elisha Barron, Mark Hatch-Miller, Zach Savage, Susman Godfrey LLP, New York, NY; Davida Brook, Jordan Rux, Susman Godfrey LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Stephen E. Morrissey, Edgar Sargent, Katherine Peaslee, Susman Godfrey LLP, Seattle, WA. Blake Rohrbacher, Katharine L. Mowery, Angela Lam, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Paul Clement, Erin E. Murphy, Clement & Murphy, PLLC, Alexandria, VA; Dan K. Webb, Matthew R. Carter, Winston & Strawn LLP, Chicago, IL; Scott A. Keller, Lehotsky Keller LLP, Washington, DC; Eric M. George, Katherine A. Petti, Ellis George Cipollone O’Brien Annaguey LLP, Los Angeles, CA; John L. Reed, Ronald N. Brown, III, DLA Piper LLP (US), Wilmington, DE for defendants.
    Case Number: N21C-03-257 EMD

    News network's allegations of electronic voting machines manufacturer's role in rigging election constituted defamation per se because they were statements of fact or mixed fact and opinion and were not protected by neutral or fair reporting privileges.

  • Envolve Pharmacy Solutions, Inc. v. Rite Aid Headquarters Corp.

    Publication Date: 2023-04-04
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Distribution and Wholesale | Pharmaceuticals | Retail
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Wallace
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Karen Jacobs, Alexandra M. Cumings, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Keith J. Harrison, Christopher Flynn, Daniel W. Wolff, Jerome P. DeSanto, Jed Wulfekotte, Crowell & Moring LLP, Washington, DC for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Corrie Elise Amato, Eric J. Juray, Jason W. Rigby, Prickett, Jones & Elliot, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Neil K. Gilman, Christopher J. Dufek, Brianne Reese, Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP, Washington, DC; John B. Shely, Courtney B. Glaser, Kelsey J. Hope, Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP, Houston, TX for defendants.
    Case Number: N19C-12-214 PRW CCLD

    Court denied summary judgment on breach of contract claims where there was a factual dispute over whether defendant's customers participating in savings card and price-match programs fell within the scope of the parties' contracts for prescription drug reimbursements.