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  • 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.

  • 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.

  • In re: CVS Opioid Ins. Litig.

    Publication Date: 2022-08-30
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Insurance | 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 K. Phillips, Daniel M. Horowitz, Holwell Shuster & Goldberg LLP, New York, NY; Susan Koehler Sullivan, Clyde & Co LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Robert M. Magino, Clyde & Co LLP, Morristown, NJ for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Robert J. Katzenstein, Julie M. O’Dell, Smith Katzenstein & Jenkins LLP, Wilmington, DE; Christopher J. St. Jeanos, James E. Fitzmaurice, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, New York, NY; David J. Baldwin, Peter C. McGivney, Zachary J. Schnapp, Berger Harris LLP, Wilmington, DE; Kirk Pasich, Nathan M. Davis, Pasich LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Jeffrey L. Schulman, Peter A. Halprin, Pasich LLP, New York, NY for defendant.
    Case Number: D69940

    Court applied overwhelming hardship standard to motion to dismiss or stay for forum non conveniens where there was no evidence of a "race to the courthouse" by the parties such that their cases could be deemed contemporaneously filed and where there was no indication that plaintiffs had engaged in improper forum shopping.

  • Blue Cube Spinco LLC v. The Dow Chem. Co.

    Publication Date: 2021-10-13
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Chemicals and Materials | Manufacturing
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Wallace
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David E. Ross, Adam D. Gold, Anthony M. Calvano, Ross Aronstam & Mortitz LLP, Wilmington, DE; Craig C. Martin, Matthew J. Thomas, Skyler J. Silvertrust, Chloe Holt, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, Chicago, IL; Shaimaa M. Hussein, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, New York, NY for plaintiff.
    for defendant: David J. Soldo, Morris James LLP, Wilmington, DE; Joseph B. Schmit, Richard Weingarten, Phillips Lytle LLP, New York, NY for defendant.
    Case Number: D69567

    Plaintiff adequately stated a claim for breach of contract where it alleged that defendant's actions regarding the real property sold to plaintiff arguably caused plaintiff to suffer quantifiable losses, thereby triggering a duty to indemnify plaintiff.

  • Rite Aid Corp. v. ACE Am. Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2020-10-07
    Practice Area: Insurance Litigation
    Industry: Insurance | Pharmaceuticals | Retail
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jody C. Barillare, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Wilmington, DE; Gerald P. Konkel, Christopher Popecki, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Washington, DC for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Marc S. Casarino, White and Williams LLP, Wilmington, DE; Paul R. Koepff, Robert Mangino, Clyde & Co. US LLP, Florham Park, NJ; Robert J. Katzenstein, Robert K. Beste, Smith, Katzenstein & Jenkins LLP, Wilmington, DE; Mitchell J. Auslander, Christopher J. St. Jeanos, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, New York, NY; Dierdre M. Richards, Fineman Krekstein & Harris P.C., Wilmington, DE; Hema Patel Mehta, Chartwell Law, Philadelphia, PA; David J. Soldo, Morris James LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.
    Case Number: D69148

    An insurer had a duty to defend its insured in underlying opioid lawsuits, so the court granted plaintiff's motion for partial summary judgment.

  • Athene Life & Annuity Co. v. Am. Gen. Life Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2020-06-03
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Insurance | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Wallace
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Martin S. Lessner, Richard J. Thomas, and M. Paige Valeski, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE; James P. Gillespie and Dustin Hillsley, Kirkland& Ellis LLP, New York, NY; Adam T. Humann, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Washington, DC for plaintiff Athene. Brian C. Ralston, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiffs American Investors and Indianapolis Life.
    for defendant: Kenneth J. Nachbar and Sabrina M. Hendershot, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendant American Life. Joel Friedlander and Christopher P. Quinn, Friedlander & Gorris, P.A, Wilmington, DE; John L. Jacobus, J. Walker Johnson, Catherine D. Cockerham, and William Carson, Steptoe & Johnson LLP, Washington, DC; Jeffrey B. Korn and Stuart R. Lombardi, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, Washington, DC; Joseph G. Davis, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, New York, NY for defendants ZC Resource Investment Trust and ZC Resource LLC.
    Case Number: D68999

    Breach of contract and tortious interference claims arising from alleged rights to surrender or reallocation value from corporate-owned life insurance policies were dismissed as unripe where the policyholder had made no effort to surrender or reallocate.