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February 28, 2025 | The Legal Intelligencer

Potential Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Exits

Plaintiffs lawyers seem to steer personal injury cases to the Philadelphia Common Pleas Court, and corporate defendants hauled into city hall courtrooms look for possible exits.

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February 25, 2025 | Texas Lawyer

Can a Plaintiff Establish Personal Jurisdiction Over Out-of-State Private Equity Firms?

Suppose a company is subject to personal jurisdiction in one state and is owned or subject to a controlling interest by an out-of-state private equity firm. Can a plaintiff injured by that company establish personal jurisdiction over the out-of-state private equity firm? This article addresses how courts are managing this rising issue.

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AIG Specialty Ins. Co. v. Conduent State Healthcare LLC

Publication Date: 2025-02-18
Practice Area: Insurance Law
Industry: Health Care | Insurance | State and Local Government
Court: Delaware Superior Court
Judge: Justice Seitz
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kenneth J. Nachbar, Megan Ward Cascio, Courtney Kurz, Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael A. Barlow, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, Wilmington, DE; John L. Reed, Peter H. Kyle, DLA Piper LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael B. Carlinsky, Maaren A. Shah, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, New York, NY; Derek L. Shaffer, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, Washington, D.C.; Robert S. Harrell, Mayer Brown LLP, Houston, TX; Robert J. Katzenstein, Julie M. O’Dell, Smith, Katzenstein & Jenkins LLP, Wilmington, DE; Neal M. Glazer, Izak Weintraub, London Fischer LLP, New York, NY for appellants.
for defendant: Jennifer C. Wasson, Carla M. Jones, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Lisa S. Blatt, Matthew B. Nicholson, Williams & Connolly LLP, Washington, D.C.; Robin L. Cohen, Adam S. Ziffer, Keith McKenna, Orrie A. Levy, Cohen Ziffer Frenchman & Mckenna LLP, New York, NY for appellee.
Case Number: N18C-12-074

Trial court did not err in granting new trial due to evidentiary issues during the trial that could have affected the outcome or in granting summary judgment where insured's settlement allocated damages to non-excluded losses.

February 14, 2025 | The Legal Intelligencer

Appellate News You Can Use

Rather than a single theme, my article this time discusses a couple of recent appellate developments that practitioners would want to know about.

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February 5, 2025 | New Jersey Law Journal

Engine Manufacturer Escapes Suit Over NJ Helicopter Crash That Killed Country Music Star

Defense counsel from Reed Smith said the issues in this case, including whether an engine manufacturer is responsible for engine parts manufactured by others, come up in aviation cases regularly.

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January 21, 2025 | The Legal Intelligencer

Superior Court Directs Western Pa. Judge to Recuse From Case Over Business Ties to Defendant

The Superior Court agreed that the litigation’s potential impact on the judge's financial interests was a basis for recusal, but the court determined there were more grounds for recusal than just that.

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Appellate Division, Second Department: January 10, 2025

Publication Date: 2025-01-10
Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Criminal Appeals
Industry:
Court: Appellate Division, Second Department, Hand Down List
Judge: Unsigned
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Case Number: DOCKET

Handdown List released on:January 8, 2025

January 9, 2025 | The Legal Intelligencer

'Discordant Dots': Why Phila. Zantac Judge Rejected Bid for His Recusal

In a footnote of his opinion, Judge Joshua Roberts wrote, “A more cynical view of the circumstances is that plaintiffs’ counsel used the motion as a broadside against my oversight of the entire mass torts program.”

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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.

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.