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  • GMG Ins. Agency v. Margolis Edelstein

    Publication Date: 2024-05-06
    Practice Area: Legal Malpractice
    Industry: Insurance | Legal Services
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Griffiths
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael R. Ippoliti, Ippoliti Law Group, Wilmington, DE for appellant.
    for defendant: Sally J. Daugherty, Salmon, Ricchezza, Singer & Turchi, LLP, Wilmington, DE for appellee.
    Case Number: D75841

    Trial court erred in dismissing legal malpractice complaint on a superseding cause defense where it failed to address plaintiff's contention that defendant's negligent representation resulted in the parties failing to prevail on all claims in the underlying action, which would have negated the superseding event.

  • Mitchell v. Thayer

    Publication Date: 2024-02-12
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Griffiths
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Regina S.E. Murphy, Amy E. Tryon, Barnes & Thornburg LLP, Wilmington, DE for appellant.
    for defendant: Dana L. Reynolds, Law Offices of Dana Reynolds, LLC, Wilmington, DE for appellees.
    Case Number: 174, 2023

    Trial court erred in involuntarily terminating parental rights where there was insufficient evidence of parent's continuous intention to abandon custody over child, especially where parent expressed desire to reunite and remedied the conditions that led to child's guardianship.

  • Hudson v. State

    Publication Date: 2024-01-22
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Griffiths
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Raymond D. Armstrong, Office of Defense Services, Wilmington, DE for appellant.
    for defendant: Brian L. Arban, Delaware Department of Justice, Wilmington, DE for appellee.
    Case Number: 303, 2022

    Court upheld the introduction of expert testimony regarding probabilistic genotyping analysis where the testing had undergone validation studies and peer review and enjoyed general acceptance by the scientific community and many other courts.

  • Energy Transfer, LP v. The Williams Cos., Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-10-23
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Energy
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Griffiths
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James M. Yoch, Alberto E. Chávez, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, Wilmington, DE; Paul D. Clement, Matthew D. Rowen, Clement & Murphy, PLLC, Alexandria, VA for appellants.
    for defendant: Kenneth J. Nachbar, Susan Wood Waesco, Matthew R. Clark, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Antony L. Ryan, Kevin J. Orsini, Michael P. Addis, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, New York, NY for appellee.
    Case Number: 391, 2022

    Chancery court's determination that counterparty did not breach merger agreement was supported by record evidence demonstrating that company continued to use best efforts to consummate the merger, entitling it to reimbursement of a prior termination fee and precluding liability for a breakup fee.