Publication Date: 2025-03-04
Practice Area: Insurance Law
Industry: Insurance
Court: Delaware Superior Court
Judge: Judge Adams
Attorneys: For plaintiff: David A. Dorey, James G. Gorman, Blank Rome LLP, Wilmington, DE; Natasha Romagnoli, Blank Rome LLP, New York, NY; David A. Thomas, Blank Rome LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Seth D. Lamden, Jason A. Frye, Blank Rome LLP, Chicago, IL for plaintiffs.
for defendant: Carmella P. Keener, Cooch and Taylor, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Ronald P. Schiller, Anthony J. Palmer, Hangley Aronchick Segal Pudlin & Schiller, Philadelphia, PA; Bruce W. McCullough, Bodell Bové, LLC, Wilmington, DE; Alexander E. Davis, Goldberg Segalla LLP, Greensboro, NC; Joseph B. Cicero, Chipman Brown Cicero & Cole, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Ryan S. Appleby, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Megan T. Mantzavinos, Marks, O’Neill, O’Brien, Dougherty & Kelly, P.C, Wilmington, DE; Kristen C. Kish, Mound Cotton Wollan & Greengrass LLP, New York, NY; Marla S. Benedek, Cozen O’Connor, Wilmington, DE; John Bonnie, Weinberg Wheeler Huggins Gunn & Dial, Atlanta, GA; Aimee M. Czachorowski, Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Edward B. Parks, II, Ruggeri Parks Weinberg LLP, Washington, DC; Justin C. Barrett, Bayard, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Louis J. Rizzo, Jr., Reger Rizzo & Darnall LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.
Case Number: N23C-10-283 MAA CCLD Submitted: November
Court dismissed some insurers for lack of personal jurisdiction where the only connection between their policies and Delaware was the state of the insured's incorporation, which was insufficient to satisfy due process concerns.