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  • Marqunez v. Dole Food Co. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-02-05
    Practice Area: Mass Torts
    Industry: Agriculture | Chemicals and Materials | Food and Beverage
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Andrews
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew C. Dalton, Dalton & Associates P.A., Wilmington, DE; Scott M. Hendler, Hendler Flores Law, Austin, TX for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Jennifer C. Wasson, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Ryan D. Stottmann, Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Adam V. Orlacchio, Blank Rome LLP, Wilmington, DE; Kelly E. Farnan, Richards, Layton & Finger, Wilmington, DE; John C. Phillips, Jr., Phillips Goldman & Spence P.A., Wilmington, DE; Andrea E. Neuman, Mary Beth Maloney, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, New York, NY; William E. Thomson, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Michael L. Brem, Schirrmeister Diaz-Arrastia Brem LLP, Houston, TX for defendants.
    Case Number: 12-695-RGA

    Court declined to grant summary judgment for defendants where the parties' joint expert persuasively opined that plaintiffs' complaint qualified as a protective action under relevant Ecuadoran law, making plaintiffs' claims not time-barred under the Delaware borrowing statute.

  • In re: TK Holdings, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-07-17
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy
    Industry: Automotive | Insurance | Manufacturing
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Andrews
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stanley B. Tarr, Blank Rome LLP, Wilmington, DE; David J. Molton, Gerard T. Cicero, Brown Rudnick LLP, New York, NY; Kami E. Quinn, Emily P. Grim, Sarah A. Sraders, Gilbert LLP, Washington, DC for appellant.
    for defendant: Evan T. Miller, Daniel N. Brogan, Steven D. Adler for appellee.
    Case Number: 17-11375 (BLS)

    Bankruptcy court correctly dismissed adversary proceeding that was essentially an insurance coverage dispute, rendering the matter a non-core proceeding that was also subject to a forum selection clause in the underlying insurance policy.

  • In re: TK Holdings, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2021-07-28
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy
    Industry: Automotive | Manufacturing
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Andrews
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James F. DeBouno, pro se appellant, Voorhees, NJ;
    for defendant: Stanley B. Tarr, Blank Rome LLP, Wilmington, DE; David J. Molton, Cameron Moxley, Gerard T. Cicero, Uchechi A. Egeonuigwe, Brown Rudnick LLP, New York, NY for trustee of Takata Airbag Tort Compensation Trust.
    Case Number: D69481

    The court affirmed a decision by the bankruptcy court which rejected certain claims because debtors did not manufacture the sensor that was responsible for claimants' injuries.