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  • Doe v. New Castle County

    Publication Date: 2022-06-21
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Andrews
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lauren A. Cirrinicione, Murphy & Landon, Wilmington, DE; Patrick C. Gallagher, Jacobs & Crumplar, P.A., Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Mary A. Jacobson, Helene Episcopo, New Castle County Office of Law, New Castle, DE for defendants.
    Case Number: D69860

    Court denied dismissal of constructive discharge and whistleblower retaliation claims where transfer to work under difficult supervisor could constitute adverse employment action and where employer had failed to present evidence that it had effective process for reporting co-worker harassment.

  • NexStep, Inc. v. Comcast Cable Commc'ns, LLC

    Publication Date: 2022-05-31
    Practice Area: Patent Litigation
    Industry: Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Andrews
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Philip A. Rovner, Jonathan A. Choa, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Paul J. Andre, Lisa Kobialka, James Hannah, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, Menlo Park, CA; Jonathan S. Caplan, Aaron M. Frankel, Marcus A. Colucci, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, New York, NY for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Jack B. Blumenfeld, Brian P. Egan, MORRIS, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; William F. Lee, Sarah B. Petty, Kate Saxton, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Boston, MA; Amy Kreiger Wigmore, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Washington, D.C.; Mary (Mindy) V. Sooter, Nora Q.E. Passamaneck, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Denver, CO for defendant.
    Case Number: D69837

    Jury verdict of infringement under the doctrine of equivalents overturned where plaintiff's expert failed to offer a linking argument between the patent claims and the alleged equivalent infringing product, but instead merely offered generalized and conclusory testimony about their similarity.

  • Hantz v. Div. of State Police

    Publication Date: 2022-05-31
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Andrews
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John M. LaRosa, LaRosa & Associates LLC, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Kenneth L. Wan, State of Delaware Department of Justice, Wilmington, DE for defendant.
    Case Number: D69834

    Motion to dismiss harassment/retaliation claim denied where employee plausibly pled a continuing course of conduct constituting a hostile work environment and that she was transferred to a less desirable posting after complaining of her disparate treatment.

  • Micro Focus (US), Inc. v. Ins. Serv. Office, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-05-24
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Insurance | Software
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Andrews
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: J. Clayton Athey, Prickett, Jones & Elliott, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Hugh J. Marbury, Kaan Ekiner, Ryan P. Bottegal, Cozen O’Connor, Washington, DC; Stuart M.G. Seraina, BaldwinLaw LLC, Baltimore, MD for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Brian R. Lemon, McCarter & English, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Scott S. Christie, McCarter & English, LLP, Newark, NJ for defendant.
    Case Number: D69827

    Although one defendant lacked standing to assert breach of contract claims where it was not a party or intended third-party beneficiary of the contract as it did not exist at the time of contract formation, the district court could exercise its discretion to retain supplemental jurisdiction over remaining state law claims after having dismissed all federal claims.

  • Panchigar v. Delaware Dep't of Corr. Comm'r

    Publication Date: 2022-05-17
    Practice Area: Civil Rights
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Andrews
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brandon Lee Panchigar, James T. Vaughn Correctional Center, Smyrna, Delaware, pro se plaintiff.
    for defendant: N/A
    Case Number: D69821

    Deliberate indifference to medical need claims under the Eighth Amendment could not be based on allegations of medical malpractice or disagreement over the proper course of treatment.

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  • Tolliver v. Qlarant Quality Solutions, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-03-29
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Andrews
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: M. Denise Tolliver, Camden, Delaware, pro se plaintiff.
    for defendant: Chelsea A. Botsch, Pamela J. Moore, Tiffany R. Hubbard, McCarter & English, LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.
    Case Number: D69765

    Remand granted where reference to "equal pay" claim was construed as arising under state law rather than the federal Equal Pay Act where pro se plaintiff's claims only cited to state laws and statutes.

  • Hemostemix Inc. v. Accudata Solutions, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-03-15
    Practice Area: Business Torts
    Industry: Biotechnology
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Andrews
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew P. Denn, DLA Piper LLP, Wilmington, DE; Christopher Oprison, DLA Piper LLP, Miami, FL for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Blake Rohrbacher, Kelly E. Farnan, Valerie A. Caras, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Daniel L. Buchholz, Holland & Knight LLP, Tampa, FL for defendant.
    Case Number: D69747

    Good faith assertion of a breach of contract claim served as a defense to a counterclaim of tortious interference with contractual relations.

  • Gurmessa v. Genocide Prevention in Ethiopia, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-03-08
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Andrews
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tolessa Gurmessa, West Valley City, Utah, pro se plaintiff.
    for defendant: Lauren Patrice Deluca, Timothy Michael Holly, Connolly Gallagher LLP, Wilmington, DE; Jennifer Marie Kinkus, William Edward Gamgort, Young, Conaway, Stargatt & Taylor LLP for defendants.
    Case Number: D69741

    Defamation claim could proceed where non-actionable opinions asserted or implied facts that could be proven as true or false.

  • Massie v. Gen. Motors LLC

    Publication Date: 2022-03-01
    Practice Area: Privacy
    Industry: Automotive
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Andrews
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Blake A. Bennett, Dean R. Roland, Cooch and Taylor, Wilmington, DE; Max S. Roberts, Bursor & Fisher, P.A., New York, NY for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Oderah C. Nwaeze, Faegre Drinker Biddle, Wilmington, DE; Benjamin J. Schladweiler, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Wilmington, DE; John Nadolenco, Mayer Brown LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Archis A. Parasharami, Mayer Brown LLP, Washington, DC; Ian C. Ballon, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Justin A. MacLean, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, New York, NY for defendants.
    Case Number: D69732

    Statutory invasion of privacy claims failed where website tracking software only collected anonymized data regarding visitor's use of the website and did not collect any personal information from users.

  • Wu v. E. Ocean Agriculture Corp.

    Publication Date: 2022-02-22
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: Agriculture
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Andrews
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Antranig Garibian, Garibian Law Offices, P.C., Wilmington, DE; Heng Wang, Wang, Gao & Associates, P.C., Metuchen, NJ for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Lauren E. M. Russell, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Ying Liu, Carolyn Shields, Liu & Shields, LLP, Flushing, NY for defendants.
    Case Number: D69723

    Fair Labor Standards Act claims failed where farm workers fell within the statute's agricultural exemption from the minimum wage and overtime provisions of the act.