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  • Abdullah v. Allstate Prop. & Cas. Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2022-04-26
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Butler
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tyler Sacchetta, Sacchetta & Baldino, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Arthur D. Kuhl, Reger Rizzo & Darnall LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendant.
    Case Number: D69795

    The court found that the prevailing party, when an underinsured motorist claim resulted in a plaintiff's verdict but at an amount less than the damages paid by the tortfeasor, was the defendant insurance company who issued the UIM policy.

  • Spine Care Delaware, LLC v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2022-03-22
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Health Care | Insurance
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Primos
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jonathan L. Parshall, Lauren A. Cirrinicione, Murphy & Landon, P.A., Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Donald M. Ransom, Casarino Christman Shalk Ransom & Doss, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Gavin Reinke, Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, GA for defendant.
    Case Number: D69756

    Insurer lacked reasonable basis to impose multiple payment reductions for bills seeking compensation under PIP benefits where doing so meant provider was being compensated at a lower rate than its peers.

  • Ace Am. Ins. Co. v. Rite Aid Corp.

    Publication Date: 2022-01-25
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Insurance | Pharmaceuticals | Retail
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Seitz
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Garrett B. Moritz, R. Garrett Rice, Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP, Wilmington, DE;Marc S. Casarino, White & Williams LLP, Wilmington, DE; Jonathan D. Hacker, ; O’Melveny & Myers LLP, Washington, D.C.; Michael S. Shuser, Blair E. Kaminsky, Holwell Shuster & Goldberg LLP, New York, NY for, appellants.
    for defendant: Jody C. Barillare, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Wilmington, DE; Gerald P. Konkel; Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Washington, D.C.; William R. Peterson, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Houston, TX; Christopher M. Popecki, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Los Angeles, CA for appellees.
    Case Number: D69688

    The court held that the suit against the defendants for which plaintiffs sought defense coverage under its liability policy did not allege damages that were covered by the insurance policy such that the insurer had no duty to defend. Reversed decision of lower court.

  • In re: TK Holdings, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-01-11
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Automotive | Insurance | Manufacturing
    Court: U.S. Bankruptcy Court
    Judge: Judge Shannon
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: D69677

    Adversary proceeding to determine insurer's obligation to provide coverage constituted a non-core proceeding as it only required analysis of the policy contracts rather than of the bankruptcy plan or bankruptcy law.

  • Stillwater Mining Co. v. Nat'l Union Fire Ins. Co. of Pittsburgh, PA

    Publication Date: 2022-01-04
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Energy | Insurance
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge LeGrow
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David J. Baldwin, Peter C. McGivney, Cheneise V. Wright, Berger Harris LLP, Wilmington, DE; Peter Gillon, Tamara Bruno, Brendan Hogan, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, Washington, DC for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Kurt M. Heyman, Aaron M. Nelson, Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel LLP, Wilmington, DE; Scott B. Schreiber, William C. Perdue, Andrew T. Tutt, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, Washington, DC; John C. Phillips, Jr., David A. Bilson, Phillips, McLaughlin & Hall, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Geoffrey W. Heineman, Jung H. Park, John J. Iacobucci, Jr., Roperrs Majeski, PC, New York, NY; Gregory F. Fischer, Cozen O’Connor, Wilmington, DE; Angelo G. Savino, Cozen O’Connor, New York, NY for defendants.
    Case Number: D69668

    Delaware had most significant relationship to action to determine coverage available under D&O policy issued to a Delaware corporation, and under Delaware law the corporation was not entitled to insurance coverage under the policy for an appraisal action.

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  • CVR Refining, LP v. XL Specialty Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2021-12-07
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Energy | Insurance | Transportation
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jennifer C. Wasson, Carla M. Jones, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Robin L. Cohen, Alexander M. Sugzda, Cohen Ziffer Frenchman & McKenna, New York, NY; Herbert Beigel, Law Offices of Herbert Beigel, Tucson, AZ for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Robert J. Katzenstein, Smith Katzenstein & Jenkins LLP, Wilmington, DE; Leland H. Jones, Chiara Tondi Resta, Wiley Rein LLP, Washington, DC; John C. Phillips, Jr., David Bilson, Phillips McLaughlin & Hall, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Michael P. Duffy, Scarlett M. Rajbanshi, Boston, MA; Erica J. Kerstein, Robinson & Cole LLP, New York, NY; Geoffrey W. Heineman, Esquire, Ropers Majeski, P.C. for defendants.
    Case Number: D69632

    Plaintiffs were entitled to advancement of defense costs in underlying securities class action where claims in the underlying action did not implicate either of the provisions listed in a policy endorsement that limited coverage for defense costs.

  • Lavastone Capital LLC v. Estate of Berland

    Publication Date: 2021-11-30
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Seitz
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kenneth J. Nachbar, Megan Ward Cascio, Sabrina M. Hendershot, Morris, Nichols, Arsht, & Tunnell, LLP, Wilmington, DE, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel R. Miller, Walden, Macht & Haran, LLP, Philadelphia, PA, for appellee.
    Case Number: D69624

    The court, in its en banc opinion, answered three certified questions that arose in District Court litigation: first, a death benefit payment made on a void insurance policy still qualified as a payment under a contract within the meaning of 18 Del. C. § 2704(b); second, the use of nonrecourse funding to pay premiums was not a violation of the insurance code without a showing of bad faith; third, fraud in an insurance application did not bar an estate's claim under § 2704(b) when the recipient of the death benefits cannot establish th

  • APX Operating Co., LLC v. HDI Global Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2021-11-30
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure | Insurance
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge LeGrow
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian M. Rostocki, Benjamin P. Chapple, Justin Forcier, John Ellison, Miranda Jannuzzi, Reed Smith LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: John D. Balaguer, White and Williams LLP, Wilmington, DE; Kristin C. Cummins, Zelle LLP, Dallas, TX; Kristin A. Heres, Zelle LLP, Framingham, MA for defendant.
    Case Number: D69623

    The court found that the pollution and contamination exclusion in the subject property insurance policy barred plaintiff's claim for economic losses incurred from mandated shutdowns of its family entertainment centers caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

  • Fansler v. N. Am. Title Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2021-10-27
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Insurance | Real Estate
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: D69583

    The court held that because the title insurance policy did not cover consequential damages, plaintiffs would not be able to present evidence on lost wages, carrying costs, lost opportunity costs or lost earnings allegedly incurred because of survey mis-takes.

  • United States v. Delaware Dep't of Ins.

    Publication Date: 2021-10-20
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Federal Government | Insurance | State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Noreika
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David A. Hubbert, Acting Assistant Attorney General, David C. Weiss, United States Attorney, Ward W. Benson, Kyle L. Bishop, Trial Attorneys, Tax Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC for petitioner.
    for defendant: Kathleen P. Makowski, Deputy Attorney General, State of Delaware Department of Justice; Wilmington, DE; Patricia A. Davis, Deputy State Solicitor, State of Delaware Department of Justice, Dover, DE; James J. Black, III, Jeffrey B. Miceli, Mark W. Drasnin, Black & Gerngross, P.C., Philadelphia, PA for respondent.
    Case Number: D69578

    The court held that the government's petition to enforce summons on a state department of insurance to produce documents related to captive insurance companies should be granted absent a showing that production constituted the business of insurance.