• Lucia v. Bridge Senior Living

    Publication Date: 2024-03-04
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Brennan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joshua J. Inkell, Daniel P. Hagelberg, Hudson, Castle & Inkell, LLC, Wilmington, DE for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Louis J. Rizzo, Reger Rizzo & Darnall LLP, Wilmington, DE; Francis J. Deasey, Matthew J. Junk, Deasey Mahoney & Valentini, Ltd., Philadelphia, PA for defendants.

    Case Number: N22C-08-118 DJB

    Healthcare power of attorney granting attorney-in-fact authority to contract for healthcare services on behalf of the principal was sufficient to confer authority for attorney-in-fact to sign arbitration agreement as part of principal's admission paperwork for skilled nursing facility.

  • State of Delaware v. Gillen

    Publication Date: 2023-10-23
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Brennan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Betts, Department of Justice, for the State of Delaware.
    for defendant: James M. Stiller for defendant.

    Case Number: 2211005299

    A reasonable, articulable suspicion existed to conduct a DUI investigation when defendant purposefully popped his muffler as he drove raising the equipment violation to the level of impaired judgment. Defendant's motion to suppress denied.

  • REO Trust 2017-RPL1 v. Short Sale, LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-08-14
    Practice Area: Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Real Estate
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Brennan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Janet Charlton, Michael Pak, McCabe, Weisberg & Conway, LLC, Wilmington, DE for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Robert J. Valihura, Morton, Valihura & Zerbato, LLC, Greenville DE for defendant.

    Case Number: N20L-10-029 DJB

    Although mortgagor should have been noticed in second foreclosure action filed against purchaser at first sheriff's sale, the mortgagor's failure to participate in prior foreclosure action and purchaser being placed on constructive notice of potential mortgage liens on the property meant no interested party was prejudiced by the defect.

  • Hindinger v. J&M Temp, LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-03-14
    Practice Area: Products Liability
    Industry: Manufacturing
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Brennan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lawrance Kimmel, Linda Malkin, Kimmel Carter Roman Peltz & O’Neill PA, Christiana, DE for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Amy Taylor, Heckler & Frabizzio, Wilmington, DE: Kevin Connors, Marshal Dennehy Warner Coleman & Goggin, Wilmington, DE; Annice Mae Mattus, Castell Abner, J. Scott Shannon, Lee Shoemaker, Washington, DC; Jeffrey G. Granillo, Chambliss Bahner & Stophel, P.C., Chattanooga, TN for defendants.

    Case Number: N20C-01-272 DJB

    Components suppliers not entitled to indemnification from employer against employee's product liability claims, where there was no basis for express indemnification under the exclusivity provisions of the workers' compensation act nor a basis to find implied contractual indemnification.

  • Farley v. Bonefish Grill, LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-03-07
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Food and Beverage | Hospitality and Lodging
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Brennan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sean Gambogi, Kimmel, Carter, Roam, Peltz & O’Neill, P.A., Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Kevin Connors, Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin, Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: N17C-12-265 DJB

    Motion for new trial based on spoliated video footage denied where the footage would not have captured evidence relevant to plaintiff's slip and fall claim.

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  • Osborn-Gustavason v. Waite

    Publication Date: 2022-10-18
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Brennan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph Stanley, Schwartz & Schwartz, Dover, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Peter Schaeffer, Avenue Law, Dover, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: K22C-01-009 DJB

    Court denied a motion to dismiss filed by defendant real estate agent seeking to dismiss claims filed by plaintiff clients claiming defendant failed to inform them of defects in in the home prior to purchasing the property.

  • Horizon Serv., Inc. v. Henry

    Publication Date: 2022-05-17
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: Construction | Insurance
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Brennan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Elissa A. Greenberg, Elzufon Austin & Mondell, PA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Jonathan B. O’Neill, Amanda K. Dobies, Kimmel Carter Roman Peltz & O’Neill, PA; William A. Crawford, Franklin & Prokopik for defendants.

    Case Number: D69815

    Employer's workers' compensation insurer was not entitled to assert a lien on any underinsured motorist coverage recovery obtained by an injured worker from the employer's auto insurer, where the Workers' Compensation Act only permitted reimbursement from a third-party tortfeasor or their insurer.

  • Light Years Ahead, Inc. v. Valve Acquisition, LLC

    Publication Date: 2022-01-04
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Manufacturing
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Brennan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: D69666

    The court held that 1) defendant did not breach its contract with plaintiff by failing to allow plaintiff to assume control of a pre-closing tax matter, 2) plaintiff failed to plead damages, 3) allegations of breach of lease agreements were dealt with in a previous settlement agreement so could not be re-litigated, 4) plaintiff properly pled elements of breach of implied covenant of good faith but did not properly plead elements to support declaratory judgment or intentional infliction of emotional distress. Motion to dismiss granted