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  • Stevenson v. Delaware Dept. of Natural Resources and Envtl. Control

    Publication Date: 2018-07-11
    Practice Area: Expert Witnesses | Public Utilities
    Industry: Energy
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stokes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard L. Abbott for plaintiffs
    for defendant: Ralph K. Durstein, III and Valerie S. Edge for defendants.
    Case Number: D68213

    Plaintiffs lacked standing to challenge amendments to Delaware law regarding utility pricing.

  • State ex rel. French v. Card Complaint, LLC

    Publication Date: 2018-05-16
    Practice Area: Business Torts | Contracts
    Industry:
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Wallace
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas E. Brown, Edward K. Black and Stephen G. MacDonald for the state
    for defendant: Stuart M. Grant, Mary S. Thomas, Laina M. Herbert and Vivek Upadhya for relator French; Stephen E. Jenkins, Catherine A. Gaul, Richard M. Zuckerman, Sean Cenawood, Kiran Patel and Catharine Luo for Card Compliant defendants; Kenneth J. Na-chbar, Michael Houghton, Matthew R. Clark, Barnaby Grzaslewicz, Ethan D. Millar, J. Andrew Howard, William R. Mitchel-son, Jr., Jason D. Popp, Colm F. Connolly, Jody C. Barillare, Gregory T. Parks, Courtney McCormick, David S. Eagle, Michael W. Yurkewicz, Martin I. Einstein, David Swetnam-Burland, Stacy O.Stitham, Brian M. Rostocki, Benjamin P. Chapple, Mi-chael J. Wynne, David A. Rammelt, Brian E. Farnan, Shawn J. Organ and Joshua M. Feasel for additional defendants.
    Case Number: D68148

    Factual issues prevented summary judgment in this false claims matter, and defendants failed to establish extraordinary circumstances for disregarding the law of the case.

  • Otto Candies, LLC v. KPMG LLP

    Publication Date: 2018-05-09
    Practice Area: Business Torts | Civil Procedure
    Industry: Accounting | Energy
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Wallace
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David E. Ross, Terry L. Wit, A. William Urquhart and Derek L. Shaffer for plaintiffs
    for defendant: Timothy J. Houseal, Jennifer M. Kinkus, William E. Gamgort, John K. Villa and Ana C. Reyes for KPMG Int'l Coop.; Todd C. Schlitz, Robert A. Scher, Jonathan H. Friedman, Christopher M. Cutler and Lori A. Rubin for KPMG LLP; Kevin R. Shannon, Matthew F. Davis, Christopher N. Kelly, Jack B. Jacobs, Michael C. Kelley, Jose F. Sanchez and Gregory G. Ballard for KPMG Cárdenas Dosal, S.C.
    Case Number: D68137

    The Court of Chancery had exclusive jurisdiction over negligent misrepresentation claims.

  • 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.

  • 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.