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  • State ex rel. Rogers v. The Bancorp Bank

    Publication Date: 2023-01-17
    Practice Area: Business Torts
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Legal Services
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Wallace
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daniel C. Mulveny, Oliver Cleary, Deputy Attorneys General, State of Delaware Dep’t of Justice, Wilmington, DE; Bruce E. Jameson, Samuel L. Closic, Mary S. Thomas, Prickett, Jones & Elliott, P.A., Wilmington, DE; David Brackett, Benjamin E. Fox, John E. Floyd, Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, LLP, Atlanta, GA for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Catherine A. Gaul, Randall J. Teti, Ashby & Geddes, Wilmington, DE; Joshua A. Goldberg, Jane Metcalf, Clinton W. Morrison, Christina Sedca-Acosta, Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP; Jody C. Barillare, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Wilmington, DE; Eric W. Sitarchuk, Ezra D. Church, Ryan P. McCarthy, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Philadelphia, PA for defendants.
    Case Number: N18C-29-240 PRW CCLD

    Qui tam relator's counsel's failure to set up ethical screens or disclose his knowledge of defendant's attorney-client materials requires disqualification and shifting of costs onto counsel.

  • Marcolini v. Horizon Serv., Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-01-17
    Practice Area: Damages
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Butler
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeffrey M. Weiner, Law Offices of Jeffrey M. Weiner, Esq. P.A., Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Michael C. Heyden, Jr., Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendant.
    Case Number: N21C-07-011 CEB

    Technician negligence that led to fuel oil spill in home did not rise to the level of wanton disregard or malice to support an award of punitive damages.

  • Parisi v. Backyard Works Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-01-10
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Karsnitz
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard E. Berl, Jr., Hudson, Jones, Jaywork & Fisher, LLC, Lewes, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Daniel C. Herr, Law Office of Daniel C. Herr LLC, Wilmington, DE for defendant.
    Case Number: S21C-02-003 CAK

    Former employee failed to prove entitlement to commissions where his agreement conditioned commission on employer's receipt of payment from customers, but employer violated the Wage Payment and Collection Act by not timely paying earned commissions in accordance with the parties' practice.

  • The State of Delaware v. Melpar, LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-01-10
    Practice Area: Fee Disputes
    Industry: Real Estate | State and Local Government
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Jones
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bradley Eaby, Deputy Attorney General, Department of Justice, Wilmington, DE for petitioner.
    for defendant: Richard L. Abbott, Abbot Law Firm, Hockessin, DE for defendant.
    Case Number: S21C-03-017 FJJ

    The court granted a motion for attorney fees in part and denied in part finding that defendant LLC was owed fees following a condemnation trial where the court's valuation of the property was higher than that initially offered by the State.

  • Giles v. Town of Elsmere

    Publication Date: 2023-01-03
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kate Butler, Kate Butler Law LLC, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Scott G. Wilcox, Moore and Rutt, P.A., Wilmington, DE for defendant.
    Case Number: N22M-02-006 EMD

    Mandamus relief seeking admission to state pension plan dismissed on statute of limitations grounds where municipal officer's alleged right to apply for admission to pension plan accrued upon hire nearly 10 years prior.

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  • LCT Capital, LLC v. NGL Energy Partners LP

    Publication Date: 2023-01-03
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry:
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Adams
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John L. Reed, Daniel Klusman, DLA Piper LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Steven T. Margolin, Samuel L. Moultrie, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Hal S. Shaftel, Daniel Friedman, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, New York, NY for defendants.
    Case Number: N15C-08-109 MAA CCLD

    The court granted in part and denied in part motions to exclude evidence and testimony submitted by both parties to a breach of contract case.

  • Parma VTA LLC v. Parma GE 7400, LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-01-03
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge LeGrow
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Catherine A. Gaul, Michael J. Vail, Ashby & Geddes, Wilmington, DE; Mark I. Walach, Walter Haverfield, Cleveland, OH for plaintiff.
    for defendant: John A. Sensing, Brandon R. Harper, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Eric H. Zagrans, Zagrans Law Firm LLC, Columbus, OH for defendant.
    Case Number: N22C-03-092 AML CCLD

    Breach of contract claim survived dismissal where tenancy-in-common agreement required parties to share expenses for property, and thus tenant breached this obligation by failing to contribute toward payment of mortgage used to refinance property upon acquisition.

  • Stein v. Wind Energy Holdings, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-12-27
    Practice Area: Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry: Energy | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Butler
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeffrey S. Cianciulli, Weir Greenblatt Pierce LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: John A. Sensing, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Jonathan L. Scher, The Scher Law Firm, LLP, Carle Place, NY for defendant.
    Case Number: N21C-09-060 CEB

    Contractual fraud claims arising from corporate investments were dismissed where plaintiffs presented no evidence to show that corporate officers knew pre-contractual representations were false or that plaintiffs were unaware of the company's precarious financial situation or the right of the company to modify the parties' agreement without plaintiffs' consent.

  • Baker v. Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC

    Publication Date: 2022-12-27
    Practice Area: Products Liability
    Industry: Automotive
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Karsnitz
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Heather Long, Kimmel Carter Roman Peltz & O’Neill, PA, Newark, DE; David L. Kwass, Benjamin Baer, Saltz Mongeluzzi & Bendesky P.C., Philadelphia, PA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Shari L. Milewski, Maron Marvel Bradley Anderson & Tardy, LLC, Wilmington, DE; David Killoran, Squire Patton Boggs, San Francisco, CA; Gerard Cedrone, Lavin, Cedrone, Graver, Boyd & DiSipio, Philadelphia, PA for defendants.
    Case Number: S18C-06-002 CAK

    Court declined to grant summary judgment dismissal based on alleged insufficiencies of plaintiff's expert's opinion where defendants' challenges to the expert's opinion were based primarily on factual disagreements that the jury was entitled to resolve.

  • Quality Assured Inc. v. David

    Publication Date: 2022-12-27
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry:
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Rennie
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nicholas Bittner for appellant.
    for defendant: David Crumplar for appellee.
    Case Number: N22A-05-012 SKR

    Industrial Accident Board had a sufficient evidentiary basis to award additional medical expenses upon crediting claimant's treating physician's testimony that was probative to show that epidural injections were causally related to claimant's work injury and necessary to provide him with functional relief.