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  • Smyre v. State of Delaware

    Publication Date: 2020-07-22
    Practice Area: Administrative Law
    Industry:
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Butler
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Heather A. Long, Kimmel Carter Roman Peltz & O’Neill, P.A., Newark, DE for claimant.
    for defendant: Benjamin K. Durstein, Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin, Wilmington, DE for employer.
    Case Number: D69060

    Claimant's motion for clarification did not relate to a substantive portion of an agency's ruling, so it did not toll the time for filing an appeal.

  • GEA Sys. N. Am. LLC v. Golden State Food Corp.

    Publication Date: 2020-06-24
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Food and Beverage | Manufacturing
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David E. Ross, Bradley R. Aronstam and R. Garrett Rice, Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP, Wilmington, DE; E. Hutchinson Robbins, Jr. and Megan B. Burnet, Miles & Stockbridge P.C., Baltimore, MD for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Patricia L. Enerio and Gillian L. Andrews, Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel LLP, Wilmington, DE; Randy K. Jones and Ann-Marie Dao, Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo, P.C., San Diego, CA for defendant Golden State Foods Corp. Brian M. Rostocki, Benjamin Chapple and Justin M. Forcier, Reed Smith LLP, Wilmington, DE for third-party defendant Allianz Global Risks U.S. Ins. Co.
    Case Number: D69025

    In this breach of contract action, defendant adequately alleged a negligence counterclaim, but the court dismissed the remaining counterclaims.

  • Sun Life Assurance Co. of Canada v. Wilmington Sav. Fund Soc'y

    Publication Date: 2020-04-20
    Practice Area: Law Firm Client Relationships
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Insurance | Legal Services
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Wallace
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Simon E. Fraser and Thomas Francella, Cozen O’Connor, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Steven L. Caponi and Matthew B. Goeller, K&L Gates LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendant.
    Case Number: D68955

    A law firm's prior representation presented a conflict that could not be waived. Motion for reargument denied.

  • Rehoboth Bay Homeowners' Ass'n v. Hometown Rehoboth Bay, LLC

    Publication Date: 2020-04-01
    Practice Area: Landlord Tenant Law
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Karsnitz
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Olga K. Beskrone, Community Legal Aid Society, Inc., Wilmington, DE for appellant homeowners.
    for defendant: Michael P. Morton, Morton, Valihura & Zerbato, LLC, Greenville, DE for appellee landowner.
    Case Number: D68929

    The court affirmed an arbitrator's decision regarding a rent increase under the Rent Justification Act, because it was supported by substantial evidence of expenses directly related to capital improvements involving a manufactured home community.

  • Sherman v. Ellis

    Publication Date: 2020-01-15
    Practice Area: Legal Malpractice
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Clark
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patrick K. Gibson, Ippoliti Law Group, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Colleen D. Shields, Gary W. Lipkin and Alexandra D. Rogin, Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC, Wilmington, DE for de-fendant.
    Case Number: D68843

    In this legal malpractice matter involving an attorney's alleged failure to include a waiver provision in a premarital agreement, plaintiff failed to prove that his former wife would have accepted the term.

  • Sun Life Assurance Co. of Canada v. Wilmington Savings Fund Soc'y

    Publication Date: 2020-01-01
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Insurance | Legal Services
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Wallace
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Simon E. Fraser and Thomas Francella, Cozen O’Connor, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Steven L. Caponi and Matthew B. Goeller, K&L Gates LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendant.
    Case Number: D68826

    Due to a former client conflict and the appearance of impropriety, disqualification of plaintiff's counsel was necessary to ensure the fairness of the litigation process.

  • West v. Access Control Related Enter., LLC

    Publication Date: 2019-06-26
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Johnston
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Geoffrey G. Grivner, Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney, PC; Ekwan E. Rhow, Sharon Mayer, and Patricia H. Jun, Bird, Marella, Boxer, Wolpert, Nessim, Drooks, Lincenberg & Rhow, P.C. for plaintiff
    for defendant: Justin K. Victor, Michael L. Banks, and Vishal H. Shah, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP for defendants.
    Case Number: D68608

    Implied covenant and conversion claims dismissed as duplicative of breach of contract claims where contract expressly defined expectations of the parties and where conversion of contractually-promised assets had to be brought as a contractual claim.

  • Rowland v. American Biltrite, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2019-05-08
    Practice Area: Products Liability
    Industry: Chemicals and Materials | Manufacturing
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Medinilla
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ipek K. Medford, Bartholomew J. Dalton, Andrew C. Dalton and Michael C. Dalton, Dalton & Assoc., P.A., Wilmington, DE; Adam Balick and Patrick J. Smith, Balick & Balick, LLC, Wilmington, DE; Weitz & Luxenberg, P.C., New York, NY for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Beth E. Valocchi, Joseph S. Naylor and Bryan P. Smith, Swartz Campbell, LLC , Wilmington, DE for moving defendant.
    Case Number: D68556

    Plaintiffs failed to demonstrate that a product provided by defendant contained asbestos.

  • Lincoln Benefit Life Co. v. Wilmington Trust, N.A.

    Publication Date: 2019-04-03
    Practice Area: Insurance Litigation | Trusts and Estates
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Rocanelli
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph C. Schoell, Jason P. Gosselin, Katherine L. Villanueva and Christopher F. Petrillo, Drinker Bid-dle & Reath LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Steven L. Caponi, K&L Gates LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendant.
    Case Number: D68514

    The court granted a motion to stay a Delaware declaratory judgment proceeding in favor of a pending lawsuit in another state based on the contemporaneous filing of the actions, as well as principles of comity and judicial efficiency.

  • State of Delaware v. Pierce

    Publication Date: 2019-03-20
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Expert Witnesses
    Industry:
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Rocanelli
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Annemarie H. Puit, Matthew B. Frawley and Jenna R. Milecki, Department of Justice, Wilmington, DE for the state.
    for defendant: Eugene J. Maurer, Jr. and Elise K. Wolpert, Wilmington, DE for defendant.
    Case Number: D68499

    Geolocation information from a defendant's phone was sufficiently reliable, and expert testimony would assist the jury in un-derstanding the evidence.