• In Re: Proton Pump Inhibitors Prod. Liab. Litig.

    Publication Date: 2023-08-28
    Practice Area: Products Liability
    Industry: Manufacturing | Pharmaceuticals
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas G. Macauley, Macauley LLC, Wilmington, DE; Martin Bienstock, Bienstock PLLC, Washington, D.C. for plaintiff.
    for defendant: James J. Freebery, Daniel J. Brown, Makenzie Windfelder, Hayley J. Reese, Chelsea A. Botsch, McCarter & English, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Arthur E. Brown, William Hoffman, Matthew Douglas, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, New York, NY; Amy K. Fisher, Katherine D. Althoff, Carolyn E. Riggs, Ice Miller LLP, Indianapolis, IN; Philip A. Rovner, Jonathan A. Choa, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Sherry Knutson, Tucker Ellis LLP, Chicago, IL; Craig A. Thompson, Venable LLP, Baltimore, MD for defendants.

    Case Number: N17C-07-001 PPI

    Plaintiff brought the underlying personal injury action against defendants alleging that defendants were responsible for developing, manufacturing, marketing, and distributing proton pump inhibitor products that were unsafe, defectively designed, lacked proper warnings, and were unfit to be marketed and sold in the United States. Defendants individually and collectively moved to dismiss the claims. Plaintiff brought the case as administrator of a health care plan directly and as subrogee of its members' claims for a variety of injurie

  • In Re: Proton Pump Inhibitors Prod. Liab. Litig.

    Publication Date: 2023-08-21
    Practice Area: Products Liability
    Industry: Manufacturing | Pharmaceuticals
    Court: U.S. Bankruptcy Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas G. Macauley, Macauley LLC, Wilmington, DE; Martin Bienstock, Bienstock PLLC, Washington, D.C. for plaintiff.
    for defendant: James J. Freebery, Daniel J. Brown, Makenzie Windfelder, Hayley J. Reese, Chelsea A. Botsch, McCarter & English, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Arthur E. Brown, William Hoffman, Matthew Douglas, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, New York, NY; Amy K. Fisher, Katherine D. Althoff, Carolyn E. Riggs, Ice Miller LLP, Indianapolis, IN; Philip A. Rovner, Jonathan A. Choa, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Sherry Knutson, Tucker Ellis LLP, Chicago, IL; Craig A. Thompson, Venable LLP, Baltimore, MD for defendants.

    Case Number: N17C-07-001 PPI

    Plaintiff brought the underlying personal injury action against defendants alleging that defendants were responsible for developing, manufacturing, marketing, and distributing proton pump inhibitor products that were unsafe, defectively designed, lacked proper warnings, and were unfit to be marketed and sold in the United States. Defendants individually and collectively moved to dismiss the claims. Plaintiff brought the case as administrator of a health care plan directly and as subrogee of its members' claims for a variety of injurie

  • SARN SD3, LLC v. Czechoslovak Group A.S.

    Publication Date: 2023-08-07
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Energy | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mackenzie M. Wrobel, Coleen W. Will, Duane Morris LLP, Wilmington, DE; Ryan E. Borneman, Duane Morris LLP, Philadelphia, PA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Philip Trainer, Jr., Tiffany Geyer Lydon, Ashby & Geddes, Wilmington, DE; Kenneth J. Pfaehler, Dentons US LLP, Washington, DC for defendant.

    Case Number: N17C-12-185 EMD CCLD

    Post-judgment interest did not begin accruing in a case where the court had not granted a final appealable judgment on a partial summary judgment motion.

  • Nat'l Union Fire Ins. Co. of Pittsburgh, PA v. FedEx Corp.

    Publication Date: 2023-07-31
    Practice Area: Insurance Litigation
    Industry: Cargo and Shipping | Insurance
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Cahall, McCormick & Priore, P.C., Newark, DE; Daniel McNeel Lane, Jr., Kelly A. Potter, Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP, San Antonio, TX; Mina Matin, Lisa Schapria, Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP, New York, NY for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Steven L. Caponi, Matthew B. Goeller, Megan E. O’Connor, K&L Gates LLP, Wilmington, DE; Carolyn M. Branthoover, Jessica L.G. Moran, K&L Gates LLP, Pittsburgh, PA; Richard M. Beck, Sally E. Veghte, Klehr Harrison Harvey Branzburg LLP, Wilmington, DE; James P. Ruggeri, Edward B. Parks, II, Sean T. Kelly, Ruggeri Parks Weinberg LLP, Washington, DC; Marc S. Casarino, Kennedys CMK LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: N22C-08-488 EMD CCLD

    Court stayed action under comity where another jurisdiction determined to proceed with parallel action despite that case being second-filed since that action had connections to the jurisdiction, and staying the present action would avoid duplicative litigation or inconsistent results.

  • US Dominion, Inc. v. Fox News Network, LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-04-18
    Practice Area: Business Torts
    Industry: Manufacturing | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Farnan, Michael J. Farnan, Farnan LLP, Wilmington, DE;
    for defendant: Rodney Smolla, South Royalton, VT; Thomas A. Clare, Megan L. Meier, Dustin A. Pusch, Daniel P. Watkins, Clare Locke, LLP, Alexandria, VA; Justin A. Nelson, Jonathan J. Ross, Elizabeth Hadaway, Susman Godfrey LLP, Houston, TX; Stephen Shackelford, Jr., Elisha Barron, Mark Hatch-Miller, Zach Savage, Susman Godfrey LLP, New York, NY; Davida Brook, Jordan Rux, Susman Godfrey LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Stephen E. Morrissey, Edgar Sargent, Katherine Peaslee, Susman Godfrey LLP, Seattle, WA. Blake Rohrbacher, Katharine L. Mowery, Angela Lam, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Paul Clement, Erin E. Murphy, Clement & Murphy, PLLC, Alexandria, VA; Dan K. Webb, Matthew R. Carter, Winston & Strawn LLP, Chicago, IL; Scott A. Keller, Lehotsky Keller LLP, Washington, DC; Eric M. George, Katherine A. Petti, Ellis George Cipollone O’Brien Annaguey LLP, Los Angeles, CA; John L. Reed, Ronald N. Brown, III, DLA Piper LLP (US), Wilmington, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: N21C-03-257 EMD

    News network's allegations of electronic voting machines manufacturer's role in rigging election constituted defamation per se because they were statements of fact or mixed fact and opinion and were not protected by neutral or fair reporting privileges.

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  • Smartmatic USA Corp., v. Newsmax Media Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-02-21
    Practice Area: Business Torts
    Industry: Software | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael J. Barrie, Kate Harmon, Benesch, Friedlander, Corplan & Aronoff LLP, Wilmington, DE; Erik Connolly, Nicole Wrigley, Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff, LLP, Chicago, IL for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Richard L. Renck, Tracey E. Timlin, Duane Morris LLP, Wilmington, DE; Howard M. Cooper, Joseph M. Cacace, Jason M. Brown, Todd & Weld LLP, Boston MA; Mark A. Lerner, Duane Morris LLP, New York, NY for defendants.

    Case Number: N21C-11-028 EMD

    Court denied motion to dismiss a defamation claim filed against defendant news agency on the grounds that plaintiff properly pled that defendant made false statements with actual malice.

  • US Dominion, Inc. v. Fox News Network

    Publication Date: 2023-02-21
    Practice Area: Litigation
    Industry: Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: N21C-03-257 EMD

    The court applied N.Y. C.P.L.R. §76-a to a defamation dispute regarding New York's anti-SLAPP statute, relying on precedent holding that where the procedural rules of the "foreign state" are so "inseparably interwoven" with the substantive rights as to render a modification of the foregoing rule necessary, the foreign state's laws may apply.

  • Zenith Energy Terminals Joliet Holdings LLC v. CenterPoint Props. Trust

    Publication Date: 2023-02-21
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Cargo and Shipping | Construction | Energy
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher Viceconte, Gibbons P.C., Wilmington, DE; Patrick J. Lamb, J’Aimee Crockett, ElevateNext Law, Chicago, IL for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: F. Troupe Mickler IV, Randal J. Teti, Ashby & Geddes, P.A., Wilmington, DE; James D. Dasso, Jennifer S. Park, and Mason D. Roberts, Foley & Lardner LLP, Chicago, IL for defendant.

    Case Number: N19C-10-054 EMD CCLD

    Court declined to enter summary judgment on breach of contract claim where the parties' evidence created genuine issues of material fact regarding whether defendant had used reasonable best efforts to complete the project.

  • Alatus Aerosystems v. Triumph Aerostructures, LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-02-07
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Aerospace | Manufacturing
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joelle E. Polesky, Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael D. O’Mara, Joseph T. Kelleher, Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP, Philadelphia, PA for defendants/counterclaim plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Catherine A. Gaul, Ashby & Geddes, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Shireen A. Barday, Nathan C. Strauss, Kim P. Kirschenbaum, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP, New York, NY for counterclaim defendants.

    Case Number: N20C-12-038-EMD [CCLD]

    The court granted the motion to dismiss on the grounds that defendant was merely considered an "affiliate" and therefore did not qualify as a "seller" within the meaning of Section 8.2(b) of the purchase agreement.

  • Killian v. The Int'l Soc'y of Interdisciplinary Eng'rs LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-01-31
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: Education | Non-Profit | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David A. Felice, Bailey & Glasser, LLP, Wilmington, DE: David Wechsler, Daniel Grossman, Harris St. Lauren & Wechsler LLP, New York, NY for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Jessica C. Watt, Ballard Spahr LLP, Wilmington, DE; Steven Suflas, Ballard Spahr LLP, Salt Lake City, UT; Joseph J. Bailey, Ballard Spahr, Philadelphia, PA for defendants.

    Case Number: N22C-05-11 EMD

    Court declined to dismiss breach of employment contract and wage claims as the parties had a genuine factual dispute over the basis for the termination of employee's employment contract, which could control whether employee was entitled to severance pay required by the agreement.