• Jones v. Thomas

    Publication Date: 2019-10-23
    Practice Area: Civil Rights
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Andrews
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Jones, Greenwood, DE, pro se plaintiff.
    for defendant: N/A

    Case Number: D68748

    A pro se plaintiff failed to state a valid claim under the Federal Tort Claim Act or for violations of his civil rights.

  • Campbell v. Navient Corp.

    Publication Date: 2019-08-28
    Practice Area: Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry: Education | Federal Government
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Andrews
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Georkeshia Denise Campbell, Lancaster, CA, pro se plaintiff.
    for defendant: Joelle Eileen Polesky, Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendant Navient Corporation. David C. Weiss, United States Attorney, and Jesse S. Wenger, Assistant United States Attorney, Wilmington, DE for defendant United States Department of Education.

    Case Number: D68679

    Constitutional and civil rights claims against the Department of Education and a student loan servicer failed where there was no basis to waive the department's sovereign immunity and the loan servicer was not a state actor and was not alleged to have acted in a discriminatory matter.

  • Gonzalez v. State of Delaware

    Publication Date: 2019-03-27
    Practice Area: Government
    Industry:
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Strine
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Oliver J. Cleary, Department of Justice, Wilmington, DE for the state.
    for defendant: John S. Whitelaw and Katherine E. Sell, Community Legal Aid Society, Inc., Wilmington and Dover, DE; Travis W. England, Nationall Center for Law and Economic Justice, New York, NY for defendant. Joan-na J. Cline, Pepper Hamilton LLP, Wilmington, DE for amicus curiae David A. Super of Georgetown Univ. Law Center in support of defendant.

    Case Number: D68505

    The state was preempted by federal law from bringing a state court action against a recipient of public benefits for fraud where a state agency had already pursued an administrative action based on the identical facts.

  • Harvey v. Berryhill

    Publication Date: 2019-02-27
    Practice Area: Administrative Law
    Industry: Federal Government
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Andrews
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tammy Harvey, Felton, DE, pro se plaintiff. Eric P. Kressman, Regional Counsel, and Annie Kernicky, Assistant Deputy Regional Counsel, Office of the Regional Chief, Social Security Administration, Philadelphia, PA; David C. Weiss, U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware, Wilmington, DE
    for defendant: Heather Benderson, Special Assistant U.S. Attorney, Office of the General Counsel, Philadelphia, PA for defendant.

    Case Number: D68472

    Claimant not entitled to SSI benefits, where substantial evidence supported the conclusion that her disability was caused by her alcoholism, since the Social Security Act precluded benefits for claimants disabled by alcoholism or drug addiction.

  • Turulski v. Dep't of Veterans Affairs

    Publication Date: 2019-02-13
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Federal Government
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Noreika
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David C. Weiss and Jennifer Lynne Hall, U.S. Attorney's Office, Wilmington, DE for defendants.
    for defendant: N/A

    Case Number: D68461

    The court dismissed plaintiff's complaint under the Federal Tort Claims Act because he failed to show that he exhausted his administrative remedies prior to filing in court.

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  • Pasternack v. Northeastern Aviation Corp.

    Publication Date: 2018-11-21
    Practice Area: Corporate Entities | Occupational Safety and Health
    Industry: Aerospace | Federal Government
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Montgomery-Reeves
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul D. Brown, Joseph B. Cicero and Stephanie H. Dallaire of Chipman Brown Cicero & Cole, LLP, Wil-mington, DE; Cynthia S. Arato and Daniel J. O'Neill of Shapiro Arato LLP, New York, NY, attorneys for plaintiff
    for defendant: Francis G.X. Pileggi and Alexandra D. Rogin of Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC, Wilmington, DE, Edward J. Longosz, II of Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC, Washington, DC, attorneys for de-fendant.

    Case Number: D68362

    A pilot was entitled to indemnification under the bylaws of an aircraft charter company in connection with le-gal expenses incurred in a drug testing matter.

  • Hughes v. Berryhill

    Publication Date: 2018-11-14
    Practice Area: Administrative Law | Evidence
    Industry: Federal Government
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Thynge
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: D68357

    An administrative law judge properly denied plaintiff's request for Social Security disability benefits where the record indicated that her medical condition did not prevent her from performing sedentary work with some physical limitations.

  • Hamer v. Navient Corp.

    Publication Date: 2018-09-05
    Practice Area: Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Education | Federal Government
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Andrews
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: NA
    for defendant: Joelle Eileen Polesky, Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP, Wilmington, DE, for defendant

    Case Number: D68275

    In this student loans matter, plaintiff failed to adequately allege the status of the debts, as well as whether defendant quali-fied as a "debt collector."

  • In Re Straight Path Commc'ns Inc. Consolidated Stockholder Litig.

    Publication Date: 2018-07-11
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance | Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ned Weinberger and Thomas Curry, Labaton Sucharow LLP, Wilmington, DE; March Lebovitch, Edward Timlin, John Vielandi, and David MacIsaac, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossman LLP, New York, NY; Vincent R. Cappucci and Joshua K. Porter, Entwistle & Cappucci LLP, New York, NY, attorneys for plaintiffs
    for defendant: Rudolf Koch, Kevin M. Gallagher, Sarah A. Clark, and Anthony M. Calvano, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; William Ohlemeyer, Edward Normand, and Jason Cyrulnik, Boies Schiller Flexner LLP, Armonk, NY; Kevin G. Abrams, Michael A. Barlow, and April M. Kirby, Abrams & Bayliss, Wilmington, DE; Greg A. Danilow, Seth Goodchild, and Thomas G. James, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, New York, NY, attorneys for defendants.

    Case Number: D68207

    Claim that controlling stockholder improperly used influence to acquire company asset in exchange for approving sale of the company was a direct claim that could be brought by stockholders since they would have received consideration for the asset but for the controller's conduct.

  • In re: Suniva, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2018-03-28
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy
    Industry: Manufacturing
    Court: U.S. Bankruptcy Court
    Judge: Judge Gross
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: D68088

    Funds received from federal government contract work held in constructive trust where debtor collected funds for work performed by another entity.