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  • Harman Int'l Indus., Inc. v. Illinois Nat'l Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2025-01-21
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Consumer Products | Electronics | Insurance
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Wallace
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jennifer C. Wasson, Carla M. Jones, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Robin L. Cohen, Orrie A. Levy, Maria Brinkman, Cohen Ziffer Frenchman & McKenna LLP, New York, NY for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Kurt M. Heyman, Aaron M. Nelson, Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel LLP, Wilmington, DE; Alexander S. Lorenzo, Kelsey Kingsberry, Alston & Bird LLP, New York, NY; Robert J. Katzenstein, Smith, Katzenstein & Jenkins LLP, Wilmington, DE; Daniel London, London Fischer LLP, New York, NY for defendants.
    Case Number: N22C-05-098 PRW CCLD

    Insurers improperly denied coverage for underlying securities action where the settlement in that action did not qualify as increased deal consideration since the settlement was far below the claimed difference in actual and true deal price.

  • December 21, 2023 | Litigation Daily

    Encore! One Last Look at 2023's Litigators of the Week

    With one more LOTW set to be named tomorrow, a familiar firm has already clinched the most top spots for the year.

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  • CoVenture Burt Credit Opportunities GP, LLC v. Coleman

    Publication Date: 2023-11-13
    Practice Area: Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Johnston
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lisa Zwally Brown, Samuel L. Moultrie, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Gabriel Aizenberg, Scott Mendeloff, Aaron S. Klein, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Chicago IL for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Richard I.G. Jones, Jr., Michael W. McDermott, Berger Harris LLP, Wilmington, DE; Steven R. Campbell, Scott M. O’Brien, Alston & Bird LLP, New York, NY for defendant.
    Case Number: N22C-07-197 MMJ CCLD

    Court dismissed fraud claims against corporate controller where alleged fraudulent behavior merely constituted a breach of the controller's contractual obligations.

  • Harman Int'l Indus. Inc. v. Illinois Nat'l Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2023-05-09
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Electronics | Insurance | Manufacturing
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Wallace
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jennifer C. Wasson, Carla M. Jones, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Robin L. Cohen, Lorrie A. Levy, Cohen Ziffer Frenchman & McKenna LLP, New York, NY for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Kurt M. Heyman, Aaron M. Nelson, Kelly E. Rowe, Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel LLP, Wilmington, DE; Alexander S. Lorenzo, Alston & Bird LLP, New York, NY: Robert J. Katzenstein, Smith, Katzenstein & Jenkins LLP, Wilmington, DE; Neal M. Glazer, London Fischer LLP, New York, NY; Cara T. Duffield, Wiley Rein LLP, Washington, DC for defendants.
    Case Number: N22C-05-098 PRW CCLD

    Court declined to resolve directors and officers policy coverage dispute via motion where the record was insufficient to determine whether underlying transaction and resulting securities lawsuit settlement fell within the scope of the D&O policy's exclusion.

  • Spine Care Delaware, LLC v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2022-03-22
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Health Care | Insurance
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Primos
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jonathan L. Parshall, Lauren A. Cirrinicione, Murphy & Landon, P.A., Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Donald M. Ransom, Casarino Christman Shalk Ransom & Doss, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Gavin Reinke, Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, GA for defendant.
    Case Number: D69756

    Insurer lacked reasonable basis to impose multiple payment reductions for bills seeking compensation under PIP benefits where doing so meant provider was being compensated at a lower rate than its peers.

  • First State Orthopaedics, P.A. v. Liberty Mut. Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2020-12-09
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Health Care | Insurance
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Carpenter
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John S. Spadaro, John Sheehan Spadaro, LLC, Smyrna, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Kevin J. Connors, Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin, Wilmington, DE; Tiffany Powers, Andrew Hatchett, Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, GA for defendants.
    Case Number: D69214

    Motion for leave to amend class claim denied where proposed relief sought had already been ordered by the court.

  • First State Orthopaedics v. Employers Ins. Co. of Wausau

    Publication Date: 2020-05-27
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Health Care | Insurance
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Karsnitz
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John S. Spandaro, John Sheehan Spadaro, LLC, Smyrna, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Kevin J. Connors, Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin, Wilmington, DE; D. Andrew Hatchett, Tiffany Powers and Robert Poole, Alston & Bird, Atlanta, GA for defendants.
    Case Number: D68994

    Defendants' voluntary cessation of a business practice did not cause the parties' controversy to become moot, because defendants left open the possibility of returning to that practice in the future.

  • State of Delaware ex. rel. French v. CVS Health Corp.

    Publication Date: 2019-10-09
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: Retail | State and Local Government
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Wallace
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bruce E. Jameson and Samuel L. Closic, Prickett, Jones & Elliott, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Justin S. Brooks and Elizabeth H. Shofner, Guttman & Buschner & Brooks, PLLC, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff-relator.
    for defendant: Kenneth J. Nachbar, Michael Houghton, Matthew R. Clark and Barnaby Grzaslewicz, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Ethan D. Miller, Jason D. Popp and Gavin Reinke. Alston & Bird LLP for CVS Health Corporation. Stephen E. Jenkins, Catherine Gaul, F. Troupe Mickler, IV, Ashby & Geddes, Wilmington, DE for Card Compliant and CardFact defend-ants. Brian E. Farnan , Farnan LLP, Wilmington, DE for Vacation Properties United Ltd. and The Factoring Co.
    Case Number: D68731

    The court dismissed this qui tam action involving an allegedly fraudulent scheme for depriving the state of money it was enti-tled to from unused gift cards.

  • Turf Nation Inc. v. Platte River Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2017-12-07
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York, U.S. - WDNY
    Judge: Magistrate Judge Leslie Foschio
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorneys for Plaintiff: Seth L. Hibbert, of Counsel, Getman & Biryla, LLP, Buffalo, New York.
    for defendant: Attorneys for Plaintiff: Thomas P. Clinkscales, William S. Sugden, of Counsel, Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, Georgia.; Attorneys for Defendant: Theodore M. Baum, of Counsel, McElroy Deutsch Mulvaney &Carpenter, LLP, Rochester, New York.
    Case Number: 17-CV-534

    Performance Bond's Enforcement Not Stayed; Delaware, Instant Case Insufficiently Identical

  • July 1, 2009 | The American Lawyer

    Plaintiffs Dismiss Next Two Seroquel Cases in Delaware State Court

    A few weeks back, we got an earful from Weitz & Luxenberg partner Paul Pennock after we wondered whether, after a series of

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