• Garcia-Rivera v. Gottcschall

    Publication Date: 2022-12-20
    Practice Area: Motor Vehicle Torts
    Industry:
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Rennie
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Benjamin Schwartz, Schwartz & Schwartz, Dover, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Kenneth Doss, Casarino, Christman, Shalk, Ransom & Doss, Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: N18C-09-142 SKR

    Additur appropriate where jury verdict on retrial indicated that it did not find liability or causation even though such issues had been resolved in a prior judgment as a matter of law, so that the jury's zero-verdict could be brought up to a minimum reasonable amount of damages.

  • State v. Galindez

    Publication Date: 2022-12-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Rennie
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 1712008053

    Motion for postconviction relief failed where defendant could not show that newly discovered eyewitness with testimony supporting a claim of self-defense would have altered the outcome of the trial as such testimony did not establish defendant's actual innocence, particularly where the testimony could not explain why defendant continued to use force and robbed the victim.

  • ShotSpotter Inc. v. VICE Media, LLC

    Publication Date: 2022-07-12
    Practice Area: Business Torts
    Industry: Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Rennie
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bruce E. Farnan, Michael J. Farnan, Farnan LLP; Thomas A. Clare, Megan L. Meier, Amy M. Roller, Clare Locke LLP for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Thomas E. Hanson, Jr., Barnes & Thornburg LLP; Rachel Strom, Jeremy Chase, Nimra H. Azmi, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP for defendant.

    Case Number: D69885

    News article was not defamation per se where the facts communicated in the article supported the overall gist of the article, and plaintiff failed to plead facts showing the publisher's actual malice.

  • Garvin v. Singh

    Publication Date: 2022-01-04
    Practice Area: Environmental Law
    Industry: Retail | State and Local Government
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Rennie
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William J. Kassab, Deputy Attorney General, Delaware Department of Justice for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Bayard J. Snyder, Snyder & Associates, P.A. for defendant.

    Case Number: D69669

    Court lacked authority to suspend any portion of an administrative penalty order issued for violation of underground storage tank regulations, pursuant to 7 Del. C. §6005(b)(3).

  • Delaware River & Bay Auth. v. Minor

    Publication Date: 2021-12-07
    Practice Area: Administrative Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Rennie
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Adria B. Martinelli, Lauren E.M. Russell, Barry M. Willoughby, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP for appellant.
    for defendant: Frank Minor, pro se appellee.

    Case Number: D69633

    The court held that the decision by Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board finding that the position held by appellee was not designated as a major policymaking position was supported by substantial evidence.

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  • Pope v. Astrazeneca AB

    Publication Date: 2021-04-21
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Pharmaceuticals
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Rennie
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Raeann Warner, Jacobs & Crumplar, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Rebecca B. King, Tracey, Fox, King & Walters for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Michael P. Kelly, James J. Freebery, Daniel J. Brown, Hayley J. Reese, McCarter & English, LLP, Wilming-ton, DE; Stephen D. Raber, Matthew D. Heins, Griffin R. Farha, Williams & Connolly LLP for defendants.

    Case Number: D69371

    The court granted defendants' motion to dismiss because plaintiff did not adequately plead his design de-fect or failure to warn claims, and his derivative negligence claims failed as well.

  • State of Delaware v. Wilson

    Publication Date: 2021-04-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Rennie
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark A. Denney, Jr., Michael B. Cooksey, Dep’t of Justice, Wilmington, DE for the state.
    for defendant: Anthony A. Figiola, Jr., Greto Law, Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: D69357

    The court denied defendant's motion for a new trial because the state did not improperly withhold excul-patory evidence and defendant failed to demonstrate any prejudice.

  • Gibbs v. 84 Lumber Co.

    Publication Date: 2020-10-21
    Practice Area: Occupational Safety and Health
    Industry: Chemicals and Materials
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Rennie
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ipek Kurul, Bartholomew J. Dalton, Andrew C. Dalton, Michael C. Dalton, Dalton & Associates, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Adam Balick, Michael Collins Smith, Patrick J. Smith, Balick & Balick, LLC, Wilmington, DE for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Beth E. Valocch, Joseph S. Naylor, Swartz Campbell, LLC, Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: D69161

    The court granted summary judgment in favor of the supplier of raw asbestos, because it did not have a duty to warn end users of the dangers of asbestos-containing products manufactured by other companies.

  • State of Delaware v. Purnell

    Publication Date: 2020-03-04
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Rennie
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: D68900

    The court summarily dismissed defendant's motion for post-conviction relief because it was untimely.

  • State of Delaware v. Purnell

    Publication Date: 2020-03-04
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Rennie
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: D68900

    The court summarily dismissed defendant's motion for post-conviction relief because it was untimely.