• McGlothlin v. Petrunich Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery

    Publication Date: 2023-09-18
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation
    Industry: Health Care | Legal Services
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: District Judge Wharton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michele D. Allen, Delia A. Clark, Allen & Associates, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Daniel C. Herr, Law Office of Daniel C. Herr LLC, Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: N20C-08-186 FWW

    Court reduced employment discrimination plaintiff's proposed attorney's fee award on grounds that plaintiff had mixed success on her claims and her counsel appeared to have overstaffed the case since it did not involve complex or novel issues.

  • Steward Health Care Sys. LLC v. Tenet Bus. Serv. Corp.

    Publication Date: 2023-09-04
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael A. Barlow, Adam K. Schulman, Abrams & Bayliss LLP, Wilmington, DE; Anthony Bongiorno, Jessica Reese, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, Boston, MA; Rollo C. Baker IV, Eric White, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, New York, NY for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Lewis H. Lazarus, K. Tyler O’Connell, Albert J. Carroll, Barnaby Grzaslewicz, Morris James LLP, Wilmington, DE; Timothy W. Knapp, Brendan E. Ryan, Kent J. Hayden, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Chicago, IL for defendants.

    Case Number: 2022-0289-SG

    Finding that that the asset purchase agreement executed by the parties had created a scheme for prorating Medicaid reimbursement distribution payments relating to the year in which closing on the hospitals occurred consistent with defendants' construction of the agreement, the court granted partial summary judgment to defendants.

  • Morra v. 700 Marvel Rd. Operations, LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-09-04
    Practice Area: Wrongful Death
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Butler
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patrick C. Gallagher, Jacobs & Crumplar, P.A., Wilmington, DE for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Geoffrey G. Grivner, Kody M. Sparks, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, P.C., Wilmington, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: N22C-03-213 CEB

    PREP Act immunity did not apply to complaint alleging ordinary negligence by a nursing home in failing to take steps to prevent the spread of COVID-19 to residents.

  • In Re: Proton Pump Inhibitors Prod. Liab. Litig.

    Publication Date: 2023-08-28
    Practice Area: Products Liability
    Industry: Manufacturing | Pharmaceuticals
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas G. Macauley, Macauley LLC, Wilmington, DE; Martin Bienstock, Bienstock PLLC, Washington, D.C. for plaintiff.
    for defendant: James J. Freebery, Daniel J. Brown, Makenzie Windfelder, Hayley J. Reese, Chelsea A. Botsch, McCarter & English, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Arthur E. Brown, William Hoffman, Matthew Douglas, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, New York, NY; Amy K. Fisher, Katherine D. Althoff, Carolyn E. Riggs, Ice Miller LLP, Indianapolis, IN; Philip A. Rovner, Jonathan A. Choa, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Sherry Knutson, Tucker Ellis LLP, Chicago, IL; Craig A. Thompson, Venable LLP, Baltimore, MD for defendants.

    Case Number: N17C-07-001 PPI

    Plaintiff brought the underlying personal injury action against defendants alleging that defendants were responsible for developing, manufacturing, marketing, and distributing proton pump inhibitor products that were unsafe, defectively designed, lacked proper warnings, and were unfit to be marketed and sold in the United States. Defendants individually and collectively moved to dismiss the claims. Plaintiff brought the case as administrator of a health care plan directly and as subrogee of its members' claims for a variety of injurie

  • In Re: Proton Pump Inhibitors Prod. Liab. Litig.

    Publication Date: 2023-08-21
    Practice Area: Products Liability
    Industry: Manufacturing | Pharmaceuticals
    Court: U.S. Bankruptcy Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas G. Macauley, Macauley LLC, Wilmington, DE; Martin Bienstock, Bienstock PLLC, Washington, D.C. for plaintiff.
    for defendant: James J. Freebery, Daniel J. Brown, Makenzie Windfelder, Hayley J. Reese, Chelsea A. Botsch, McCarter & English, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Arthur E. Brown, William Hoffman, Matthew Douglas, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, New York, NY; Amy K. Fisher, Katherine D. Althoff, Carolyn E. Riggs, Ice Miller LLP, Indianapolis, IN; Philip A. Rovner, Jonathan A. Choa, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Sherry Knutson, Tucker Ellis LLP, Chicago, IL; Craig A. Thompson, Venable LLP, Baltimore, MD for defendants.

    Case Number: N17C-07-001 PPI

    Plaintiff brought the underlying personal injury action against defendants alleging that defendants were responsible for developing, manufacturing, marketing, and distributing proton pump inhibitor products that were unsafe, defectively designed, lacked proper warnings, and were unfit to be marketed and sold in the United States. Defendants individually and collectively moved to dismiss the claims. Plaintiff brought the case as administrator of a health care plan directly and as subrogee of its members' claims for a variety of injurie

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  • Rivera v. The Nemours Found

    Publication Date: 2023-08-21
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Connolly
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daniel Rivera, Philadelphia, PA, pro se plaintiff.
    for defendant: Kathleen Furey McDonough, Jennifer Penberthy Buckley, Potter Anderson & Corroon, LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: 21-1825-CFC

    Court denied employer motion for summary judgment on former employee's discrimination/wrongful termination claim where employee alleged that his supervisor directed a discriminatory remark towards him, creating a triable issue of fact as to pretext where employer terminated employee for using inappropriate language but, despite being informed of the supervisor's comment, imposed no discipline on the supervisor.

  • Magnolia Med. Tech., Inc. v. Kurin, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-08-21
    Practice Area: Patent Litigation
    Industry: Health Care | Manufacturing
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Connolly
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rodger Dallery Smith II, Anthony David Raucci, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Ashok Ramani, David J. Lisson, Micah G. Block, Ian Hogg, Serge A. Voronov, Davis Polk & Wardell LLP, Menlo Park, CA; Kathryn B. Bi, Alena Farber, Davis Polk & Wardell LLP, New York, NY for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Kelly E. Farnan, Nicole Kathleen Pedi, Richards, Layton & Finger, PA, Wilmington, DE; Catherine Nyarady, Kripa Raman, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, New York, NY; Nicholas Groombridge, Groombridge, Wu, Baughman & Stone LLP, New York, NY; Jonathan Hangartner, X-Patents, APC, La Jolla, CA for defendant.

    Case Number: 19-97-CFC

    Court stayed motion for judgment of indefiniteness where plaintiff's expert described claim limitation as functional despite court construing it as structural, potentially giving defendant a viable argument in support of a motion for judgment as a matter of law of noninfringement.

  • Evolve Growth Initiatives, LLC v. Equilibrium Health Solutions LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-08-07
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Health Care | Investments and Investment Advisory | Recruitment and Staffing
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kenneth J. Nachbar, Alexandra M. Cumings, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Andrew Z. Schwartz, Euripides Dalmanieras, Christian A. Garcia, Foley Hoag LLP, Boston, MA for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Rudolf Koch, Travis S. Hunter, and Sara M. Metzler, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Motty Shulman, Centricity Law PLLC, New York, NY; Robin A. Henry, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP, New York, NY for defendants.

    Case Number: 2022-1113-SG

    Although arbitral panel did not expressly address claims against one defendant in its award imposing joint and several liability against all defendants, that oversight did not rise to the level of significant error necessary to overturn an arbitration award where those theories of liability against the defendant were pled by claimants and thus before the panel for its consideration.

  • Cooper v. Seasons Hospice & Palliative Care of Delaware, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-08-07
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Andrews
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Raj Srivatsan, McGivney, Kluger, & Cook, P.C., Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Dawn C. Doherty, Brett Thomas Norton, Marks, O’Neill, O’Brien, Doherty & Kelly, P.C., Wilmington, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: 22-1370-RGA

    Court dismissed survival and wrongful death action filed in federal court for lack of subject matter jurisdiction where decedent had same citizenship as defendants, destroying complete diversity.

  • CareDx, Inc. v. Natera, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-08-07
    Practice Area: Business Torts
    Industry: Health Care | Manufacturing
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Connolly
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian E. Farnan, Michael J. Farnan, Farnan LLP, Wilmington, DE; Edward R. Reines, Derek C. Walter, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, Redwood Shores, CA; Randi Singer, Elizabeth McLean, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, New York, NY for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Jack B. Blumenfeld, Derek J. Fahnestock, Anthony D. Raucci, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Kristin J. Achterhof, Julia L. Mazur, Martin S. Masar III, Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, Chicago, IL; Christina L. Costley, Paul S. Yong, Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Bruce G. Vanyo, Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, New York, NY; Timothy H. Gray, Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, Washington, DC for defendant.

    Case Number: 19-662-CFC

    Court granted defendant's judgment as a matter of law on the issue of Lanham Act damages where plaintiff presented no evidence that any customer was misled or relied upon defendant's advertisements found false by the jury.