• In re AmerisourceBergen Corp. (n/k/a Cencora) Delaware Ins. Litig.

    Publication Date: 2025-01-07
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Distribution and Wholesale | Insurance | Pharmaceuticals
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Adams
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Julie M. O’Dell, Smith, Katzenstein & Jenkins, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Christopher J. St. Jeanos, John Goerlich, Willkie Farr & Gallagher, LLP, Washington, D.C.; Carmella P. Keener, Cooch and Taylor, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Patrick Bedell, BatesCarey, LLP, Chicago, IL; Lauren A. Ferguson, Katzenstein & Jenkins, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Kathryn M. Guinn, Dentons US, LLP, Denver, CO; Sarah T. Andrade, Bayard, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Sara K. Hunkler, Ruggeri Parks Weinberg, LLP, Washington, D.C. for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Jennifer C. Wasson, Ryan D. Kingshill, Potter Anderson & Corroon, Wilmington, DE; Courtney C.T. Horrigan, Stephanie E. Gee, Reed Smith, LLP, Pittsburgh, PA for defendants.

    Case Number: N22C-01-182 MAA CCLD

    Insurers had no duty to indemnify opioid distributors against lawsuits seeking general economic damages where the policies only granted coverage for claims seeking damages caused by bodily injury.

  • Earth Pride Organics, LLC v. Corona-Orange Foods Intermediate Holdings, LLC

    Publication Date: 2025-01-07
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Food and Beverage | Manufacturing
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jamie L. Brown, Brendan Patrick McDonnell, Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael D. Adams, Lucas K. Hori, Rutan & Tucker, LLP, Irvine, CA for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Brian M. Rostocki, Anne M. Steadman, Reed Smith, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael Leib, Reed Smith, LLP, New York, NY for defendants.

    Case Number: N23C-05-009-EMD CCLD

    Court granted plaintiffs leave to amend where contract and fraud claims did not fall within the parties' dispute resolution clause that was limited to valuation determinations by an independent accountant and plaintiffs pled their fraud claim with sufficient particularity.

  • Bastion Rest. Group LLC v. Gaudelet

    Publication Date: 2024-12-31
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Food and Beverage | Hospitality and Lodging | Real Estate
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Wallace
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tammy L. Mercer, Richard J. Thomas, Andrew J. Czerkawski, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE; David Baay, L. Andrew S. Riccio, Emily Brait, Baker & McKenzie LLP, New York, NY for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Robert K. Beste, Smith, Katzenstein & Jenkins LLP, Wilmington, DE; Gaddi Goren, Meister Seelig & Fein PLLC, New York, NY for defendant.

    Case Number: N24C-06-190 PRW CCLD

    Defendant adequately pled breach of contract counterclaim where he faced potential liability under guaranty agreement that plaintiff had allegedly agreed to release him from pursuant to the parties' business purchase agreement.

  • Desmond v. Desmond

    Publication Date: 2024-12-10
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry:
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Jones
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles J. Brown, III, Gellert, Seitz, Busenkell & Brown, LLC, Wilmington, DE for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Anthony N. Delcollo, Michael K. DeSantis, Offit Kurman, PA, Wilmington, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: N24C-06-205 FJJ

    Court declined to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction where defendants allegedly intercepted and tampered with mail at plaintiffs' residence in Delaware and plaintiffs' remaining claims arose from the same facts to warrant ancillary jurisdiction.

  • I Am Athlete, LLC v. Im EnMotive, LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-12-10
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure | Software
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jamie L. Brown, Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael D. Adams, Lucas K. Hori, Rutan & Tucker, LLP, Irvine CA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Gary W. Lipkin, Patrick A. Lockwood, Saul Ewing LLP, Wilmington, DE; Martin B. Carroll, David J. Ogles, Kenneth M. Thomas, Fox Swibel Levin & Carroll LLP, Chicago, IL for defendant.

    Case Number: N24C-03-280 EMD CCLD

    Court declined to dismiss breach of contract claim based on allegations that buyer improperly transferred assets to an affiliate with the intent to prevent seller from earning post-closing payments.

  • Canterbury Crossing Homeowners' Ass'n, Inc. v. Canterbury Crossing MHC, LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-12-03
    Practice Area: Landlord Tenant Law
    Industry: Hospitality and Lodging
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Primos
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Anthony V. Panicola, Olga K. Beskrone, Community Legal Aid Society, Inc., Dover, DE for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert J. Valihura, Jr., David C. Zerbato, Caren L. Sydnor, Morton, Valihura & Zerbato, LLC, Greenville, DE for appellee.

    Case Number: K22A-04-002-NEP

    Court upheld approval of rent increase in manufactured home community to market rent motivated by landlord's capital expenditures to alleviate flooding in common areas of the community.

  • Saunders v. Lightwave Logic, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-10-29
    Practice Area: Corporate Entities
    Industry: E-Commerce | Investments and Investment Advisory | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Wallace
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Barnaby Grzaslewicz, Albert H. Manwaring, IV, Kirsten A. Zeberkiewicz, Morris James LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Joseph C. Schoell, Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, Wilmington, DE; Steven L. Caponi, Matthew B. Goeller, Megan E. Hunt, K&L Gates LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: N23C-05-120 PRW CCLD

    Court declined to apply "inherently unknowable injury" doctrine to negligence and conversion claims arising from corporation's following of state law to escheat shares where plaintiff had ample opportunity to prevent the escheatment.

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

    Publication Date: 2024-10-01
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Electronics | Retail
    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; Glenn Ricketti, Margolis Edelstein, Philadelphia, PA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: David J. Soldo, K. Tyler O’Connell, Barnaby Grzaslewicz, Samuel E. Bashman, Morris James LLP, Wilmington, DE; Eric C. Liebeler, Kevin Kitchen, Stinson LLP, Minneapolis, MN for defendant.

    Case Number: N20C-10-121 EMD

    Court granted remittitur where expert testimony could only reasonably support a lower future damages award than granted by the jury.

  • In re: CVS Opioid Ins. Litig.

    Publication Date: 2024-09-03
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Distribution and Wholesale | Insurance | Manufacturing | Pharmaceuticals | Retail
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Wallace
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Garrett B. Moritz, R. Garret Rice, Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael S. Shuster, Daniel M. Sullivan, Blair E. Kaminsky, Daniel M. Horowitz, Holwell Shuster & Goldberg LLP, New York, NY; Robert M. Mangino, Susan Koehler Sullivan, Clyde & Co LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Robert J. Katzenstein, Julie M. O’Dell, Smith Katzenstein & Jenkins LLP, Wilmington, DE; Christopher J. St. Jeanos, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, New York, NY; Bruce W. McCullough, Bodell Bové, LLC, Wilmington, DE; Karen M. Dixon, Skarzynski Marick & Black LLP, Chicago, IL; Joseph B. Cicero, Chipman Brown Cicero & Cole, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Adam H. Fleischer, R. Patrick Bedell, Allyson C. Spacht, BatesCarey LLP, Chicago, IL; Louis J. Rizzo, Jr., Reger Rizzo & Darnall LLP, Wilmington, DE; Monica T. Sullivan, Matthew J. Fink, Leena Soni, Stephanie M. Flowers, Nicolaides Fink Thorpe Michaelides Sullivan LLP, Chicago, IL; Sean J. Bellew, Bellew LLC, Wilmington, DE; Michael A. Kotula, Rivkin Radler LLP; Loren R. Barron, Kaufman Dolowich LLP, Wilmington, DE; Wade A. Adams, III, Law Offices Of Wade A. Adams, III, Newark, DE; Bryce L. Friedman, Matthew C. Penny, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, New York, NY; Thad J. Bracegirdle, Sarah T. Andrade, Emily L. Skaug, Bayard, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Edward B. Parks, II, Sara Hunkler, Ruggeri Parks Weinberg LLP, Washington, D.C.; Kevin. J. Connors, Marshall Dennehey, P.C., Wilmington, DE; Cheryl P. Vollweiler, Skarzynski Marick & Black LLP, New York, NY; Philip Trainer, Jr., Marie M. Degnan, Ashby & Geddes, Wilmington, DE; Robert A. Kole, Caroline M. Trusty, Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP, Boston, MA; Marc S. Casarino, Kennedys CMK LLP, Wilmington, DE; Christopher R. Carroll, Jillian D. Dennehy, Joshua S. Wirtshafter, Kennedys CMK LLP, Basking Ridge, NJ; Robert K. Beste, Smith Katzenstein & Jenkins LLP, Wilmington, DE; Keith Moskowitz, Dentons US LLP, Chicago, IL; Kathryn Guinn, Dentons US LLP, Denver, CO; Deborah J. Campbell, Dentons US LLP, St. Louis, MO for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: David J. Baldwin, Peter C. McGivney, Zachary J. Schnapp, Berger Harris LLP, Wilmington, DE; Jeffrey L. Schulman, Blank Rome LLP, New York, NY for defendant.

    Case Number: N22C-02-045 PRW CCLD

    Court ruled that insurers had no duty to indemnify opioid lawsuits where the lawsuits lacked specific allegations of personal injury or property damage underlying the claimed losses in those lawsuits.