• Shady Park Homeowners' Ass'n Inc. v. Shady Park MHC LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-03-21
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Conner
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Olga K. Beskrone, Community Legal Aid Society, Inc., Wilmington, DE for appellant.
    for defendant: David C. Zerbato, Robert J. Valihura, Morton, Valihura & Zerbato, LLC, Greenville, DE for appellees.

    Case Number: S21A-11-001 MHC

    Court upheld arbitration decision granting housing community owner's request for a rent increase where owner had expended funds for capital improvements in the community and had presented credible evidence of the market rent.

  • Church v. Harmon

    Publication Date: 2023-03-14
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Real Estate
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Jones
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David E. Matlusky, The Matlusky Firm, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Evan Rassman, Emily Letcher, Cohen Seglias, Palias, Greenhall & Furman, P.C., for defendants.

    Case Number: N22C-08-453 FJJ

    The court denied a motion to dismiss a claim for waste on the grounds that plaintiff's claims sufficiently laid out a claim for waste on the grounds that plaintiff sufficiently pled that a mortgage encumbered a property that he had a certain future interest in and therefore his claims fell squarely within the jurisdiction of the superior court.

  • 300 W 22 Realty, LLC v. Strathmore Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2023-03-14
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Insurance | Real Estate
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Johnston
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Benjamin P. Chapple, Reed Smith LLP, Wilmington, DE; Nicholas M. Insua, Princeton, NJ for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Curtis J. Crowther, Robinson & Cole LLP, Wilmington, DE; Gregory P. Varga, Jonathan E. Small, Robinson & Cole LLP, Hartford, CT for defendant.

    Case Number: N22C-03-147 MMJ CCLD

    Court lacked personal jurisdiction over New York insurer which had issued policy through a New York broker to insure property located in New York City.

  • Liborio III L.P. v. Artesian Water Co., Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-02-28
    Practice Area: Public Utilities
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Wallace
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: L. Vincent Ramunno, Ramunno & Ramunno, P.A., Wilmington, DE for plaintiff
    for defendant: Colin D. Dougherty, Fox Rothschild LLP, Blue Bell, PA; Courtney A. Emerson, Artesian Water Company, Inc., Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: N22C-06-109 PRW

    Breach of contract and fraud claims dismissed where public utility regulations plainly applied to parties' subsequently adopted water services agreement and the agreement explicitly referenced the applicability of the regulation to the agreement.

  • 250 Executive, LLC v. Christina Sch. Dist.

    Publication Date: 2023-02-14
    Practice Area: Tax
    Industry: Real Estate | State and Local Government
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Wharton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daniel F. McAllister, McAllister Firm, LLC, Wilmington, DE for petitioner.
    for defendant: James H. McMackin, III, Michelle G. Bounds, Morris James LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: N22C-03-190 FWW

    Taxing entity improperly exercised discretion to deny refund request where taxpayer had undisputedly overpaid its property taxes due to the county's erroneous assessments.

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  • Delta Eta Corp. v. City of Newark

    Publication Date: 2023-02-14
    Practice Area: Land Use and Planning
    Industry: Real Estate | State and Local Government
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Zurn
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard L. Abbott, Abbott Law Firm, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Max B. Walton, Lauren P. DeLuca, Erica K. Sefton, Connolly Gallagher LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: 2021-1106-MTZ

    Chancery court lacked subject matter jurisdiction over challenge to denial of special use permit by city council, which had acted in quasi-judicial capacity in denying the permit application and thus allowed for a remedy at law.

  • GuideOne Nat'l v. Albert, LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-02-14
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Hospitality and Lodging | Insurance | Real Estate
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Butler
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lisa C. McLaughlin, Todd L. Goodman, Phillips Mclaughlin & Hall, P.A., Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Brian T. McNelis, Young & McNellis, Dover, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: N21C-06-006 CEB

    The court granted defendant's motion for summary judgment finding that plaintiff insurer could not bring a subrogation claim against defendant renter whose rent payments contributed to the apartment complex's insurance premium.

  • PVP Aston, LLC v. U.S. Bank Nat'l Ass'n

    Publication Date: 2023-02-07
    Practice Area: Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Insurance | Real Estate
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge LeGrow
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael L. Vild, Christopher P. Simon, Cross & Simon, LLC, Wilmington, DE for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Robert A. Penza, Christina B. Vavala, Polsinelli PC, Wilmington, DE: Llynn K. White, Polsinelli PC, St. Louis, MO; John A. Sensing, Carson R. Bartlett, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Chad S.C. Stover, Barnes & Thornburg LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: N22C-03-103 AML CCLD

    Plaintiffs were not entitled to declaratory judgment on their breach of contract and quiet title claims where their proffered interpretation of their contracts with their lenders and mortgage insurers were unreasonable as it would effectively absolve plaintiffs from their obligation to make their final balloon loan payment.

  • In re Peck

    Publication Date: 2023-01-31
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Real Estate
    Court: U.S. Bankruptcy Court
    Judge: Judge Shannon
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 21-11161 (BLS)

    The court overruled the creditor's objections to a debtor's Chapter 13 plan on the basis that they disagreed as to the classification of his real property which further included a mobile home.

  • Swann Keys Civic Ass'n v. Dippolito

    Publication Date: 2023-01-17
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David C. Hutt, Michelle G. Bounds, Morris James LLP, Georgetown, DE for petitioner.
    for defendant: Dean Campbell, Law Office of Dean A. Campbell, PA, Milton, DE for respondents.

    Case Number: 2021-0614-SG

    Homeowners' association could obtain adverse possession over boat ramps by maintaining the amenity and restricting access to the association's members