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  • State ex rel. Jennings v. Monsanto Co.

    Publication Date: 2022-07-26
    Practice Area: Environmental Law
    Industry: Chemicals and Materials | Manufacturing | State and Local Government
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Johnston
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christian Douglas Wright, Ralph K. Durstein, III, State of Delaware Department of Justice, Wilmington, DE; Amy Williams-Derry, Daniel Mensher, Alison S. Gaffney, Keller Rohrback L.L.P., Seattle, WA; Keil Mueller, Steve Larson, Emily Johnson, Stoll Stoll Berne Lokting & Shlachter P.C., Portland, OR for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Christian J. Singewald, Timothy S. Martin, Daryll Hawthorne-Searight, White and Williams LLP, Wilmington, DE; Thomas M. Goutman, David S. Haase, Kim Kocher, Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P., Philadelphia, PA; Adam E. Miller, Susan L. Werstak, Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P., St. Louis, MO; Richard L. Campbell, Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P., Boston, MA for defendants.
    Case Number: D69901

    State's regulatory control over public lands and waters was insufficient to confer standing to assert a trespass claim arising from alleged environmental contamination where trespass required exclusive possession.

  • Simon Prop. Group, L.P. v. Regal Ent. Group

    Publication Date: 2022-07-19
    Practice Area: Landlord Tenant Law
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure | Real Estate
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Johnston
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Timothy R. Dudderar, Jesse L. Noa, Carla M. Jones, Potter Anderson & Corroon, LLP, Wilmington, DE; David M. Fedder, Dentons US LLP, St. Louis, MO; Shannon Shin, Dentons US LLP, Chicago, IL for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Kashif I. Chowdhry, Parkowski Guerke & Swayze, P.A., Dover, DE; Curtis Romig and Kevin Arocha, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP, Atlanta, GA; Erin A. Kelly, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP, Denver, CO for defendant.
    Case Number: D96890

    Court enforced guaranty provision under commercial lease following non-payment of rent due to financial difficulties caused by COVID-19 shutdowns, where the leases allocated risk of a force majeure event to tenants.

  • Judicial Watch v. Univ. of Delaware

    Publication Date: 2022-06-28
    Practice Area: Public Records
    Industry: Education | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Johnston
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Theodore A. Kittila, William E. Green, Jr., Halloran Farkas + Kittila LLP, Wilmington, DE for appellants.
    for defendant: William E. Manning, James D. Taylor, Jr., Marisa R. DeFeo, Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP, Wilmington, DE for appellee.
    Case Number: D69866

    Public university's burden of proof to establish diligent search for responsive records required identifying which specific parties were consulted for responsive records and explaining how state funds were not used to acquire, curate, or manage the sought-after records.

  • Pascal Metrics, Inc. v. Health Catalyst, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-06-28
    Practice Area: Business Torts
    Industry: Health Care | Software | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Johnston
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian E. Farnan, Michael J. Farnan, Farnan LLP, Wilmington, DE; Max L. Tribble, Jr., Rocco F. Magni, Susman Godfrey L.L.P., Houston, TX; Kalpana Srinivasan, Susman Godfrey L.L.P., Los Angeles, CA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: F. Troupe Mickler IV, Ashby & Geddes, P.A, Wilmington, DE; Gregory M. Saylin, Stephen Sansom, Tyson C. Horrocks, Holland & Hart LLP, Salt Lake City, UT for defendant.
    Case Number: D69863

    Applicable Utah Uniform Trade Secrets Act preempted tortious interference with contractual relations claims where underlying factual allegations were identical to those of plaintiff's misappropriation claim.

  • Parkway Gravel, Inc. v. C&M Constr. Co., LLC

    Publication Date: 2022-05-03
    Practice Area: Landlord Tenant Law
    Industry: Construction | Real Estate
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Johnston
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeffrey M. Weiner, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Christofer C. Johnson, The Johnson Firm LLC, Wilmington, DE for defendant.
    Case Number: D69801

    The court found that plaintiff proved through verified evidence and admissions deemed admitted that defendant defaulted on its lease.

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  • MPM Holdings Inc. v. Federal Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2022-03-29
    Practice Area: Insurance Litigation
    Industry: Insurance | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Johnston
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David J. Baldwin, Peter C. McGivney, Berger Harris LLP, Wilmington, DE; Bernard P. Bell, Tab R. Turano, Miller Friel PLLC, Washington, DC for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Gregory F. Fischer, Cozen O'Connor, Wilmington, DE; Angelo G. Savino, Rafael Rivera, Jr., Cozen O'Connor, New York, NY for defendants.
    Case Number: D69762

    The court held that the subject appraisal action was not a claim for a wrongful act such that the insurer was not obligated to provide coverage or reimburse defense costs.

  • Simon Prop. Group, L.P. v. Brighton Collectibles, LLC

    Publication Date: 2022-01-04
    Practice Area: Landlord Tenant Law
    Industry: Retail
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Johnston
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Timothy R. Dudderar, Jesse L. Noa, Carla M. Jones, Potter Anderson & Corroon, LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: P. Clarkson Collins, Jr., Patricia A. Winston, Kirsten Zeberkiewicz, Kuhu Parasrampuria, Morris James, Wilmington, DE for defendant.
    Case Number: D69667

    Counterclaim based on alleged oral modification of lease survived dismissal where part performance and course of conduct by the parties supported finding that parties had orally waived contractual provisions requiring written amendment of lease.

  • Trumbull Radiologists, Inc. v. Premier Imaging TRI Holdings LLC

    Publication Date: 2021-12-14
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Health Care | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Johnston
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Dominick T. Gattuso, Aaron M. Nelson, Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel LLP, Wilmington, DE; Anthony J. O’Malley, Rajeev K. Adlakha, Karey E. Werner, Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP, Cleveland, OH for plaintiffs
    for defendant: D. McKinley Measley, Sabrina M. Hendershot, Michael J. Slobom, Jr., Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Britt K. Latham, Bass Berry & Sims PLC, Nashville, TN; Shayne R. Clinton, Bass Berry & Sims PLC, Knoxville, TN for defendants
    Case Number: D69642

    The court held that plaintiffs properly pled claims of both breach of contract and breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing; at the pleadings stage, plaintiffs were allowed to maintain both claims. Motion to dismiss denied.

  • Baldwin v. New Castle County

    Publication Date: 2021-09-29
    Practice Area: Tax
    Industry: Real Estate | State and Local Government
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Johnston
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Maxine Baldwin, plaintiff pro se
    for defendant: Nicholas J. Brannick, New Castle County, New Castle, DE for defendant.
    Case Number: D69555

    Mortgagor lacked standing to challenge the payment of property tax liens after conveying the property to another party as liens ran with the property.

  • Guaranteed Rate, Inc. v. ACE Am. Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2021-09-01
    Practice Area: Insurance Litigation
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Insurance
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Johnston
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian M. Rostocki, Reed Smith LLP, Wilmington, DE; Lilit Asadourian, Reed Smith LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Thomas A. Marrinson, Reed Smith LLP, Chicago, IL for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Robert J. Katzenstein, Katzenstein & Jenkins LLP, Wilmington, DE; David Newmann, Jessica K. Jacobs, Hogan Lovells US LLP, Chicago, IL for defendants.
    Case Number: D69523

    A civil investigative demand in an action under the False Claims Act constituted a claim under plaintiff's insurance policy, so defendant insurer was obligated to advance defense costs.