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  • Daniels v. State of Delaware

    Publication Date: 2021-02-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Traynor
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Benjamin S. Gifford, IV, The Law Office of Benjamin S. Gifford, IV, Wilmington, DE for defendant.
    for defendant: Carolyn S. Hake, Delaware Dep’t of Justice, Wilmington, DE for the state.
    Case Number: D69289

    The court erred in considering defendant's conviction for driving under the influence in another state, be-cause that state's law was not similar to Delaware's law.

  • Gordon v. State

    Publication Date: 2021-01-20
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Traynor
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nicole M. Walker, Bernard J. O’Donnell, Office of Defense Services, Wilmington, DE for appellant.
    for defendant: John R. Williams, Department of Justice, Dover, DE for the State.
    Case Number: D69262

    Collective knowledge of possession of narcotics supported reasonable suspicion for traffic stop when officer's purported reason for the stop, a traffic violation, was unsupported by the facts.

  • AmerisourceBergen Corp. v. Lebanon County Employees Ret. Fund

    Publication Date: 2020-12-23
    Practice Area: Corporate Entities
    Industry: Distribution and Wholesale | Investments and Investment Advisory | Pharmaceuticals
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Traynor
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen C. Norman, Jennifer C. Wasson, Tyler J. Leavengood, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael D. Blanchard, Amelia G. Pennington, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Boston, MA for appellant.
    for defendant: Samuel L. Closic, Eric J. Juray, Prickett, Jones & Elliott, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Gregory V. Varallo, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossman LLP, Wilmington, DE; Eric L. Zagar, Michael C. Wagner, Christopher M. Windover, Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP, Radnor, PA; Frank R. Schirripa, Daniel B. Rehns, Hillary Nappi, Hach Rose Schirripa & Cheverie LLP, New York, NY; David Wales, Andrew Blumberg, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP, New York, NY for appellees.
    Case Number: D69232

    Stockholders could file inspection demand after asserting credible circumstantial evidence that corporate directors and managers had engaged in wrongdoing.

  • XL Ins. Am., Inc. v. Noranda Aluminum Holding Corp.

    Publication Date: 2020-10-28
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Insurance | Manufacturing
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Traynor
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ilana H. Eisenstein, Rachel A.H. Horton, DLA Piper LLP (US), Philadelphia, PA; Aidan M. McCormack, DLA Piper LLP (US), New York, NY; John L. Reed, Matthew Denn and Kelly L. Freund, DLA Piper LLP (US), Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: David B. Goodwin, Christine S. Haskett, Covington & Burling LLP, San Francisco, CA; David J. Baldwin, Berger Harris LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendant.
    Case Number: D69173

    Expert testimony regarding lost earnings was consistent with the provisions of the business interruption coverage portion of the insurance policies.

  • Borealis Power Holdings Inc. v. Hunt Strategic Util. Inv., L.L.C.

    Publication Date: 2020-06-10
    Practice Area: Corporate Entities
    Industry: Energy
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Traynor
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard I. Werder, Jr., Renita Sharma, Elisabeth B. Miller, and Ryan A. Rakower, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, New York, NY; William M. Lafferty, Thomas W. Briggs, Jr., Daniel T. Menken, and Aubrey J. Morin, Morris Nichols Arsht&Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE for appellant Borealis Power Holdings.Neil A. Sterner, Dechert LLP, New York, NY; Blake Rohrbacher, Brian S. Yu, and Kevin M. Regan, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE for appellant Cheyne Walk Investments.P. Clarkson Collins, Jr., Ian D. McCauley, and Kathleen A. Murphey, Morris James LLP, Wilmington, DE for appellant Texas Transmission Investment.
    for defendant: Jessica B. Pulliam, Monica Hughes Smith, Baker Botts L.L.P., Dallas, Texas; Vernon Cassin, Baker Botts L.L.P., Washington, D.C.; Peter J. Walsh Jr., J. Matthew Belger, Andrew H. Sauder, Potter Anderson &Corroon LLP, Wilmington Delaware for Hunt Strategic Utility Investment, L.L.C. J. Christopher Shore, Alice Tsier, andVivake Prasad, White & Case LLP, New York, NY; Aaron Colodny, White & Case LLP, Los Angeles, CA; David C. McBride, Martin S. Lessner, Ryan M. Bartley, and Paul J. Loughman, Young, Conaway, Stargatt& Taylor, LLC, Wilmington, DE for appellees.
    Case Number: D69006

    Right of first refusal in separate investor rights agreement did not supersede right of first offer on transfer of equity stake in separate corporate entity where the right of first refusal only applied to minority member of the company subject to the investor rights agreement and transferor was not a minority member.

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  • Chavis v. State

    Publication Date: 2020-04-22
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Traynor
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nichole M. Walker, John K. Kirk, and Lisa M. Schwind, Wilmington, DE for appellant.
    for defendant: Brian L. Arban, Department of Justice, Wilmington, DE for appellee.
    Case Number: D68950

    Use of lab analysts' reports by testifying analyst who also participated in DNA profile matching did not violate defendant's Confrontation Clause rights where reports were non-testimonial because they did not substitute for testimony that would be used to prove an essential element of the crime.

  • USAA Cas. Ins. Co. v. Carr

    Publication Date: 2020-02-12
    Practice Area: Insurance Litigation
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Traynor
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeffrey A. Young, Young & McNelis, Dover, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Benjamin C. Wetzel, III, Wetzel & Assoc., P.A., Wilmington, DE for defendant.
    Case Number: D68877

    Whether an assault was an "accident" under an insurance policy was determined by the intent of the insured, not by the viewpoint of the victim.

  • Clark v. State

    Publication Date: 2020-01-29
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Traynor
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher S. Koyste, Wilmington, DE for appellant.
    for defendant: Abby L. Adams, Department of Justice, Wilmington, DE for appellee.
    Case Number: D68856

    Judgment of acquittal on second-degree attempted assault conviction as lesser-included offense of first-degree murder properly denied where evidence at trial was sufficient to find that defendant, who intended to assault a completely different victim, intended to cause serious bodily injury where he attempted to find the intended victim in a rage, recruited two associates, and armed himself with a firearm.

  • Delaware Bd. of Med. Licensure & Discipline v. Grossinger

    Publication Date: 2020-01-22
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Traynor
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patricia A. Davis and Zoe Plerhoples, Department of Justice, Wilmington, DE for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul A. Logan, Post & Schell, P.C. Wilmington, DE; James J. Kutz, Harrisburg, PA for appellee.
    Case Number: D68848

    Reversal of disciplinary charges against physician overturned where state board not required to obtain expert testimony to establish standard of care under regulations, and where regulations were not vague as-applied since physician failed to make any effort at compliance.

  • Imbragulio v. Unemployment Ins. Appeals Bd.

    Publication Date: 2019-12-18
    Practice Area: Administrative Law | Civil Procedure
    Industry: Distribution and Wholesale
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Traynor
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Elizabeth Imbragulio, pro se appellant.
    for defendant: Tasha Marie Stevens, Fuqua, Willard, Stevens & Schab, P.A., Georgetown, DE for appellee.
    Case Number: D68808

    Superior court rules governing timeliness of appeals did not apply until the superior court obtained jurisdiction by the appealing party's compliance with the statutes conferring jurisdiction upon the superior court.