• Powell v. OTAC

    Publication Date: 2019-12-18
    Practice Area: Administrative Law
    Industry: Food and Beverage
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Valihura
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Walt F. Schmittinger and Candace E. Holmes, Schmittinger and Rodriguez, P.A., Dover, DE for claimant.
    for defendant: Andrew M. Lukashunas, Tybout, Redfearn & Pell, Wilmington, DE for employer.

    Case Number: D68812

    Substantial evidence supported the finding by the Industrial Accident Board that a claimant was not entitled to workers' compensation benefits.

  • Ford Motor Co. v. Knecht

    Publication Date: 2019-12-18
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Automotive | Chemicals and Materials | Manufacturing
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Vaughn
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christian J. Singewald and Rochelle L. Gumapac, White and Williams, LLP, Wilmington, DE, Jessica L. Ellsworth, Hogan Lovells US LLP, Washington, DC for appellant.
    for defendant: Adam Balick and Patrick J. Smith, Balick & Balick, LLP; Bartholomew J. Dalton, Ipek K. Medford, Andrew C. Dalton, and Michael C. Dalton, Dalton & Associates, P.A., Wilmington, DE for appellee.

    Case Number: D68807

    Trial court erred in denying new trial/remittitur motion on excessive verdict motions when it focused on defendant's share of damages rather than the entire compensatory damages verdict.

  • Whitmore v. Robinson

    Publication Date: 2019-12-18
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Vaughn
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Timothy J. Snyder and Curtis J. Crowther, Young Conoway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE for father.
    for defendant: Andrew W. Gonser, Gonser & Gonser, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Achille C. Scache, Delcollo, Werb & Gagne, Wilmington, DE for mother.

    Case Number: D68814

    The family court improperly incorporated the factor of "necessary care" from another statute in terminating a father's paren-tal rights.

  • In re Verizon Ins. Coverage Appeals

    Publication Date: 2019-11-13
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Insurance | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Seitz
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robin L. Cohen, Keith McKenna and Michelle R. Migdon, McKool Smith P.C., Washington, DC for plaintiffs Verizon Commu-nications Inc, Verizon Fin. Serv. and GTE Corp.
    for defendant: Kurt M Heyman and Aaron M. Nelson, Heyman, Enerio, Gattuso & Hirzel LLP, Wilmington, DE; Scott B. Schreiber, James W. Thomas, Jr., William C. Perdue and Robert Reeves Anderson, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, Washington, DC and Den-ver, CO for defendants Illinois Nat’l Ins. Co. and Nat’l Union Fire Ins. Co. Bruce W. McCullough of Bodell Bové, LLC, Wilming-ton, DE; Ronald P. Schiller, Daniel J. Layden and Jason A. Levine, Hangley, Aronchick, Segal, Pudlin & Schiller, Philadelphia, PA for defendant Zurich American Ins. Co. John C. Phillips, Jr and David A. Bilson, Phillips, Goldman, McLaughlin & Hall, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Joseph A. Bailey III, Clyde & Co. US LLP, Washington, DC for defendant U.S. Specialty Ins. Co. Jennifer C. Wasson and Carla M. Jones of Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE

    Case Number: D68772

    An insured was not entitled to recover defense costs from the insurers, because the litigation in question did not include any "securities claims" as defined by the policies.

  • Sheldon v. Pinto Tech. Ventures, L.P.

    Publication Date: 2019-10-23
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: Health Care | Investments and Investment Advisory | Manufacturing
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Valihura
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thad J. Bracegirdle, Scott B. Czerwonka, Wilks, Lukoff & Bracegirdle, LLC, Wilmington, DE for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Bruce E. Jameson, Samuel L. Closic, Prickett, Jones & Elliott, P.A., Wilmington, DE; B. Russell Horton, Gary L. Lewis, George Brothers Kincaid & Horton LLP, Austin, TX for Pinto, Rivervest and Bay City Capital defendants. Brian C. Ralston, Jacqueline A. Rogers, Potter Anderson Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Danny David, Rebeca Huddle, Baker Botts L.L.P., Houston, TX for defendants Terry and Walker.

    Case Number: D68749

    Plaintiffs failed to adequately allege the existence of a control group in this breach of fiduciary duty matter, so the chancery court properly dismissed the complaint. Affirmed.

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  • Cushner v. State

    Publication Date: 2019-08-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry: Automotive
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Vaughn
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nicole M. Walker, Assistant Public Defender, Wilmington, DE for appellant.
    for defendant: Brian L. Arban, Deputy Attorney General, Wilmington, DE for appellee.

    Case Number: D67674

    Motion for judgment of acquittal properly denied where lack of public access to a burgled storage trailer and the timing of the impression of a handprint on the trailer supported the inference that the handprint, belonging to defendant, was made on the weekend when the burglary occurred.

  • Tiger v. Boast Apparel, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2019-08-21
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: Consumer Products | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Traynor
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David A. Felice, Bailey & Glasser, LLP, Wilmington, DE for appellant.
    for defendant: Kevin G. Abrams and Matthew L. Miller, Abrams & Bayliss LLP, Wilmington, DE; Brian J. Capitummino, Woods Oviatt Gilman LLP, Rochester, NY for appellee.

    Case Number: D67676

    There was no presumption of confidentiality for books and records produced in response to a §220 request, nor was a requesting stockholder required to show exigent circumstances to avoid an indefinite confidentiality obligation.

  • Richards v. Copes-Vulcan, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2019-08-07
    Practice Area: Toxic Torts
    Industry: Automotive | Chemicals and Materials
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Seitz
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Adam Balick and Patrick J. Smith, Balick & Balick, LLC, Wilmington, DE; Bartholemew J. Dalton, Ipek K. Medord, Andrew C. Dalton and Michael C. Dalton, Dalton & Associates, P.A., Wilmington, DE for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Jason A. Cincilla, Amaryah K. Bocchino, Ryan W. Browning and Tye C. Bell, Manning Gross + Massenburg LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendant The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. Paul A. Bradley and Antionette D. Hubbard, Maron Marvel Bradley An-derson & Tardy LLC, Wilmington, DE for defendant Copes-Vulcan, Inc. Christian J. Singewald and Rochelle L. Gumapac, White and Williams LLP, Wilmington, DE; Jessica L. Ellsworth, Hogan Lovells US LLP, Washington, DC for defendant Ford Motor Co.

    Case Number: D68659

    In this asbestos exposure case, the report of plaintiffs' expert relying solely on cumulative exposure was insufficient, because plaintiffs were required to show that exposure from each defendant's product was a substantial factor in causing injury.

  • Brown v. State

    Publication Date: 2019-08-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Traynor
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Roderick Brown, appellant pro se
    for defendant: Kathryn J. Garrison, Department of Justice, Dover, DE for appellee

    Case Number: D68654

    Forfeiture of vehicles reversed where state's evidence undercut its theory that defendant used the vehicles as stores of the proceeds of his drug dealing.

  • CompoSecure, LLC v. CardUX, LLC

    Publication Date: 2019-08-07
    Practice Area: Contracts | Fee Disputes
    Industry: Manufacturing
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Valihura
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Myron T. Steele, Arthur L. Dent, and Andrew H. Sauder, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Steven M. Coren, and David M. DeVito, Kaufman, Coren & Ress, P.C., Philadelphia, PA for appellants
    for defendant: David J. Margules, Elizabeth A. Sloan, and Jessica C. Watt, Ballard Spahr LLP, Wilmington, DE; Burt M. Rublin, Ballard Spahr LLP, Philadelphia, PA for appellees

    Case Number: D68656

    Sales agreement was not subject to restricted activities provision of party's LLC agreement where only required payments fell under the scope of the provision and commission payments in sales agreement were not required since party retained unilateral ability to decide whether to make the payment.