• Taylor v. Killen

    Publication Date: 2023-12-04
    Practice Area: Products Liability
    Industry: Automotive
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Scott
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joel H. Fredricks, Nitsche & Fredericks, LLC, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Stephen F. Dryden, Weber Gallagher Simpson Stapleton Fires & Newby LLP, New Castle, DE; Joseph J. Bellew, Joseph E. Brenner, Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: N22C-03-068 CLS

    Service upon foreign corporation was ineffective where service upon its domestic subsidiary could not impute notice of the action and mailing service of process to the foreign corporation did not comply with the requirements of the Hague Convention.

  • Faucett v. Unemployment Ins. Appeal Bd.

    Publication Date: 2023-12-04
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Winston
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Raykia Faucett, pro se appellant.
    for defendant: Matthew B. Frawley, Delaware Department of Justice for appellee.

    Case Number: N23A-06-010 PAW

    Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board did not abuse its discretion in declining appeal and finding appeal from disqualification decision untimely where there was no evidence to rebut the presumption of receipt of the decision letter.

  • NSI-MI Holdings, LLC v. AMETEK, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-11-27
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Manufacturing | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Wallace
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Katharine L. Mowery, Dorronda Bordley, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; David W. Long-Daniels, M. Allyson Lumpkin, Ansley K. Fantaski, Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP, Atlanta, GA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Joanna J. Cline, Emily L. Wheatley, Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael S. Hino, Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP, Berwyn, PA for defendant.

    Case Number: N22C-08-489

    Court ordered escrow released where company had failed to state a valid claim for indemnification as it had not identified any extant loss that it had incurred or paid for.

  • Bayer CropScience LP v. Corteva, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-11-20
    Practice Area: Patent Litigation
    Industry: Agriculture | Manufacturing
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Rennie
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rodger D. Smith, Ryan D. Stottman, Rachel R. Tunney, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Deborah E. Fishman, David Denuyl, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, Palo Alto, CA; David R. Marsh, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, Washington, DC; Aaron Stiefel, Neda Dadpey, Michael Mazzullo, Arnold & Porter Kaye Schholer LLP, New York, NY for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Chad S.C. Stover, Barnes & Thornburg LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael D. Flibbert, Pier D. DeRoo, Kassandra M. Officer, Rachael D. Dippold, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP, Washington, DC for defendants.

    Case Number: N22C-07-168 SKR CCLD

    Court declined to strike patent invalidity defense raised by licensee where it could continue to accrue royalty obligations under the terms of the license agreement despite the patents having expired and other parties who may have licensed or infringed upon the patent would also benefit from a finding of invalidity.

  • CoVenture Burt Credit Opportunities GP, LLC v. Coleman

    Publication Date: 2023-11-13
    Practice Area: Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Johnston
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lisa Zwally Brown, Samuel L. Moultrie, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Gabriel Aizenberg, Scott Mendeloff, Aaron S. Klein, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Chicago IL for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Richard I.G. Jones, Jr., Michael W. McDermott, Berger Harris LLP, Wilmington, DE; Steven R. Campbell, Scott M. O’Brien, Alston & Bird LLP, New York, NY for defendant.

    Case Number: N22C-07-197 MMJ CCLD

    Court dismissed fraud claims against corporate controller where alleged fraudulent behavior merely constituted a breach of the controller's contractual obligations.

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  • Strobert Tree Serv., Inc. v. Unemployment Ins. Appeal Bd.

    Publication Date: 2023-11-13
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry:
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Robinson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Victoria K. Petrone, Brian v. DeMott, Baird Mandalas Brockstedt & Federico, LLC, Wilmington, DE for appellant.
    for defendant: Victoria W. Counihan, Delaware Department of Justice, Wilmington, DE for appellee Unemployment Ins. Appeal Bd; George Shaw, appellee pro se.

    Case Number: S23A-05-001 RHR

    Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board correctly upheld referee's decision overturning denial of unemployment benefits claim where employer only presented hearsay evidence to prove that employee was terminated for willful or wanton misconduct and UIAB could not base a decision solely on hearsay.

  • The Estate of Thomas G. Stone, Jr. v. Bayhealth Med. Ctr., Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-11-06
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Clark
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ronald G. Poliquin, The Poliquin Firm LLC., Dover, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: James E. Drnec, Phillip M. Casale, Wharton Levin Ehrmentraut & Klein, P.A., Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: K22C-03-017 JJC

    The court applied the "sham affidavit doctrine," finding that plaintiff's expert's affidavit submitted with its opposition to defendant's motion for summary judgment contradicted the expert's prior deposition testimony and was submitted for the sole purpose of defeating an otherwise appropriate summary judgment motion and that no adequate explanation of the contradiction was provided.

  • KDM Dev. Corp. v. The Consumer Prot. Unit of the Dep't of Justice of the State of Delaware

    Publication Date: 2023-11-06
    Practice Area: Consumer Protection
    Industry: Hospitality and Lodging | State and Local Government
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Karsnitz
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John W. Paradee, Brian V. DeMott, Dover, DE for petitioner.
    for defendant: Owen P. Lefkon, Ryan T. Costa, Deputy Attorneys General, State of Delaware Department of Justice Wilmington, DE for respondent.

    Case Number: S23M-06-018-CAK

    Consumer Protection Unit had statutory authority to issue subpoenas to affiliate of manufactured home community owners where it was not exclusively bound to make civil investigative demands under the Consumer Fraud Act, and the subpoenas were sufficiently tailored to the scope of an investigation into the safety of the community residents.

  • Cargill, Inc. v. Rossi

    Publication Date: 2023-10-30
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: Distribution and Wholesale | Food and Beverage
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Rennie
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard P. Rollo, Travis S. Hunter, Jordan L. Cramer, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: John A. Sensing, Hannah L. Paxton, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: N23C-03-047 SKR CCLD

    Court lacked personal jurisdiction over former employee in non-compete breach action where forum selection clause was expressly limited to jurisdiction in the chancery court, rather than any state or federal court sitting in and for Delaware.

  • Citizens Against Solar Pollution v. Kent County

    Publication Date: 2023-10-30
    Practice Area: Land Use and Planning
    Industry: Energy | Non-Profit | State and Local Government
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Medinilla
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard L. Abbot, Abbot Law Firm, Hockessin, DE for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Max B. Walton, Lisa R. Hatfield, Erica K. Sefton, Connolly Gallagher LLP, Newark, DE; Richard A. Forsten, Wendie C. Stabler, James D. Taylor, Jr., Saul Ewing LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: N23C-03-196 VLM

    Although plaintiffs failed to seek timely certiorari review of conditional use permit approval, transfer of the case from the chancery court after it concluded that it lacked subject matter jurisdiction because plaintiffs had an adequate remedy at law permitted the court to exercise its discretion to hear the case.