Case Digests

Goetz v. Voya Fin., Inc.

Publication Date: 2020-02-19
Practice Area: Consumer Protection
Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
Judge: District Judge Connolly
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert J. Kriner, Jr., Vera G. Belger, Chimicles & Tikellis LLP, Wilmington, DE; Steven A. Schwartz, Chimicles & Tikellis LLP, Haverford, PA; Franklin D. Azar, H. Zachary Balkin, Paul R. Wood, Jonathan S. Parrott, Franklin D. Azar & Associates P.C., Aurora, CO; Gordon W. Netzorg, Sherman & Howard LLC, Denver, CO for plaintiff.
for defendant: Patricia R. Urban, Pinckney, Weidinger, Urban & Joyce LLC, Greenville, DE; James F. Jorden, Waldemar J. Pflepsen, Jr., W. Glenn Merten, Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath, Washington, DCs for defendants.
Case Number: D68880

Employee investment plan recordkeeper was not an Employee Retirement Income Security Act fiduciary in setting the fee schedule because it had no existing relationship with the plan or its participants, but had fiduciary duties in preparing regulatory disclosures.

Franklin v. Navient Corp.

Publication Date: 2019-09-18
Practice Area: Consumer Protection
Industry: Financial Services and Banking
Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
Judge: District Judge Andrews
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ricky R. Franklin, pro se plaintiff.
for defendant: Joelle Eileen Polesky of Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP for defendants.
Case Number: D68705

The court granted summary judgment in favor of defendants regarding this student loan collection matter, except for a limited issue about plaintiff's revocation of consent to receive automated calls on his cellular phone.

Gunn v. Over

Publication Date: 2019-08-21
Practice Area: Consumer Protection
Industry: Legal Services
Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
Judge: District Judge Connolly
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert P.O. O’Brien, Wilmington, DE for defendant.
for defendant: N/A
Case Number: D67671

Defendant was not a "debt collector" within the meaning of the Fair Debt Collection Practice Act, and plaintiff failed to suffi-ciently state a claim for relief.

Sun Life Assurance Co. Canada v. U.S. Bank, N.A.

Publication Date: 2019-05-29
Practice Area: Consumer Protection | Insurance Law
Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Insurance
Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
Judge: District Judge Stark
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas J. Francella, Gregory F. Fischer, Michael J. Miller, Charles J. Vinicombe, Barry Golob, Daniel P. Thiel, Lezlie Madden and Kristin Parker, Cozen O'Connor, Wilmington, DE and Philadelphia, PA for plaintiff.
for defendant: David J. Baldwin, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; John E. Failla, Nathan Lander and Elise A. Yablonski, Proskauer Rose LLP, New York, NY for defendant.
Case Number: D68578

Genuine issues of material fact precluded summary judgment on defendant's counterclaims for deceptive trade practices and promissory estoppel in this insurance matter.

State of Delaware v. Purdue Pharma L.P.

Publication Date: 2019-02-20
Practice Area: Consumer Protection
Industry: Pharmaceuticals | Retail
Court: Delaware Superior Court
Judge: Judge Johnston
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ryan P. Newell, Shaun Michael Kelly and Kyle Evans Gay of Connolly Gallagher, LLP; Richard W. Fields of Fields PLLC; Scott W. Gilbert, Richard Shore, Mark A. Packman, Jenna A. Hudson, Michael B. Rush, Monique T. Abrishami and Richard J. Leveridge, Gilbert LLP, Washington, DC; Kathleen Jen-nings, attorney general, and Michael Vild and Michelle Whalen, Delaware Dep't of Justice for the state.
for defendant: Brian D. Tome and Kelly E. Rowe, Reilly, McDevitt & Henrich, PC, Wilmington, DE; Mark S. Cheffo, Hay-den A. Coleman, Debra D. O'Gorman and Judy L. Leone, Dechert LLP, Philadelphia, PA for defendant Purdue Pharma. Michael P. Kelly, Steven P. Wood, Daniel J. Brown and Hayley J. Reese, McCarter & English, Wilmington, DE; John A. Freedman and Sean O. Morris, Arnold & Porter Kay Scholer LLP, Los Angeles, CA for defendant Endo Pharmaceuticals. Kevin B. Collins, Katherine B. Shaffer and Neil K. Roman, Covington & Burling, New York, NY; A. Thompson Bayliss, Michael A. Barlow, Sarah E. Delia, David A. Seal and Daniel J. McBride, Abrams & Bayliss, Wilmington, DE for defendant McKesson Corp. David A. Felice, Bailey & Glasser LLP, Wilmington, DE, Steven Pyser, Ashley W. Hardin and Joshua D. Tully, Williams & Connolly, Washington, DC for defendant Cardinal Health. Jennifer C. Wasson, Jesse L. Noa and Carla M. Jones, Potter, Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Louis W. Schack, Shan-non E. McClure and Neil A. Hlawatsch of Reed Smith LLP for defendant AmerisourceBergen. Jami B. Nimeroff, Brown, Garry, Nimeroff, Wilmington, DE; James W. Matthews, Katy E. Koski, Jaclyn V. Piltch and Redi Kasollja, Foley & Lardner, Boston, MA for defendant Anda Pharmaceuticals. Thomas E. Han-son and Oni N. Harton, Barnes & Thornburg LLP, Wilmington, DE and Indianapolis, IN for defendant H.D. Smith LLC. Daniel B. Rath, Rebecca L. Butcher and Jennifer L. Cree, Landis, Rath & Cobb LLP, Wilmington, DE; Eric R. Delinsky, Alexandra W. Miller and R. Miles Clark, Zuckerman Spaeder LLP, Washington, DC for defendant CVS Health Corp. Beth Moskow-Schnoll, William Burton and Elizabeth A. Sloan, Ballard Spahr LLP, Wilmington, DE; Kaspar J. Stoffelmayr, Katherine M. Swift and Alex J. Har-ris, Bartlit, Beck, Herman, Palenchar & Scott LLP, Chicago, IL and Denver, CO for defendant Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.
Case Number: D68469

The state adequately alleged claims against manufacturers and distributors of opioids, but the court dismissed public nuisance, civil conspiracy and unjust enrichment claims.

Labreck v. Bank of America

Publication Date: 2018-12-19
Practice Area: Consumer Protection
Industry: Financial Services and Banking
Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
Judge: District Judge Andrews
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven T. Margolin, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants Bank of America and Brian Moynihan.
for defendant: Blake A. Bennett and Erik J. Jones, Cooch and Taylor, Wilmington, DE for defendant Trans Union, LLC.
Case Number: D68393

Plaintiff did not state a claim against a bank under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, because the bank was a fur-nisher of information and not a consumer reporting agency.

Consumer Fin. Prot. Bureau v. The Nat'l Collegiate Master Student Trust

Publication Date: 2018-10-31
Practice Area: Consumer Protection | Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Education
Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
Judge: District Judge Noreika
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Carolyn I. Hahn, Colin T. Reardon and Gabriel S.H. Hopkins, attorneys for plaintiff
for defendant: Kurt M. Heyman and Melissa N. Brochwicz, Donimirski, Heymay Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel LLP, Wilmington, DE; Erik H. Haas and Peter W. Tomlinson, Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP, New York, NY attorneys for Ambac Assurance Corp.; Jamie L. Edmonson, Allyson B. Baker, Meredith L. Boylan, Sameer P. Sheikh and Katherine M. Wright, Venable LLP, Washington, DC, attorneys for Transworld Systems Inc.; Andrew D. Cordo, Ashby & Geddes, PA, Wilmington, DE; Michael Hanin and Uri Itkin, Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP, New York, NY, attorneys for objecting noteholders; Rebecca L. Butcher, Landis Rath & Cobb LLP, Wilmington, DE, John P. Doherty and William Hao, Alston & Bird LLP, New York, NY for GSS Data Serv., Inc.; Stacey A. Scrivani, Stevens & Lee, P.C., Wilmington, DE for the Pennsylvania Higher Educ. Assistance Agency; Stephen B. Brauerman and Sara E. Bussiere, Bayard P.A., Wilmington, DE for Wilmington Trust Co.; John W. Shaw and David M. Fry, Shaw Keller LLP, Wilmington, DE, Stephen H. Meyer, Sullivan & Cromwell, LLP, Washington, DC for U.S. Bank National As-sociation; John W. Shaw and David M. Fry, Shaw Keller LLP, Wilmington, DE, Matthew A. Martel and Keith M. Kollmeyer, Jones Day, Boston, MA for U.S. Bank.
Case Number: D68338

Proposed intervenors timely filed their motions, and they have interests in the litigation which were not adequately repre-sented by existing parties.

Boros v. Pfizer, DeFAX Case No. D67247 (May 25, 2016) Jurden, J. (13 pages).

Publication Date: 2016-06-22
Practice Area: Consumer Protection
Industry: Pharmaceuticals
Court: Delaware Superior Court
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Case Number: D67247

Dunfee v. Newark Shopping Center Owner LLC, DeFAX Case No. D67131 (Del. Super. Feb. 16, 2016) Jurden, J. (11 pages).

Publication Date: 2016-03-16
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Court: Delaware Superior Court
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Case Number: D67131

Trumbo v. LST Invs., DeFAX Case No. D67088 (C.P. New Castle Dec. 7, 2015) Rennie, J. (9 pages).

Publication Date: 2016-02-03
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Court: Courts of Common Pleas
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Case Number: D67088