• Horizon Servs., Inc. v. Henry

    Publication Date: 2023-09-18
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LeGrow
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: H. Garrett Baker, Francis D. Nardo, Elzufon Austin & Mondell, P.A., Wilmington, DE for appellants.
    for defendant: Jonathan B. O’Neill, Amanda K. Dobies, Kimmel, Carter, Roman, Peltz & O’Neill, P.A., Christiana, DE; William A. Crawford, Franklin & Prokopik, Newark, DE for appellees.

    Case Number: N21C-10-044

    Employer and its workers' compensation insurer could assert a lien against compensation obtained from the employer's underinsured motorist coverage.

  • City of Newark v. Donald M. Durkin Contracting, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-09-11
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Construction | Legal Services | State and Local Government
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LeGrow
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Max B. Walton, Shaun Michael Kelly, Erica K. Sefton, Connolly Gallagher LLP, Newark, DE for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul A. Logan, Post & Schell, P.C., Wilmington, DE for appellee.

    Case Number: N21C-12-039

    Although declaratory judgment action did not breach the parties' settlement, the fact that the action was related to litigation nonetheless triggered defendants' indemnification obligations under the settlement to reimburse plaintiff for its legal costs incurred in the action.