• Kroll v. City of Wilmington

    Publication Date: 2022-04-26
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Vaughn
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert C. McDonald, Adrienne M. McDonald, Silverman McDonald & Friedman, Wilmington, DE for appellant.
    for defendant: Aaron C. Baker, City of Wilmington Law Department, Wilmington, DE for appellees.

    Case Number: D69797

    The court found the lower court's ruling that appellant had an adequate remedy at law based on a sua sponte finding that termination fell under the grievance procedure of the collective bargaining agreement should be reversed and remanded for the court to consider only those arguments presented by the parties. Reversed and remanded for further consideration.

  • In re Mallinckrodt PLC

    Publication Date: 2022-04-12
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy
    Industry: Pharmaceuticals | State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Stark
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: D69780

    Bankruptcy court properly authorized debtors' payment of professional fees incurred under a restructuring support agreement where payment of the fees advanced debtors' interests by facilitating resolution of legal claims against debtors and its Chapter 11 restructuring.

  • State of Delaware Ins. Coverage Office v. DiSabatino Constr. Co.

    Publication Date: 2022-03-29
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Construction | Insurance | State and Local Government
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Allison McCowan, Sarah Fruehauf, Zi-Xiang Shen, State of Delaware Department of Justice, Wilmington, DE; Timothy Jay Houseal, Jennifer M. Kinkus, Young, Conaway, Stargatt & Taylor LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Seth A. Niederman, Fox Rothschild LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael J. Follet, Naulty, Scaricamazza & McDevitt, L.L.C., Wilmington, DE; Kenneth M. Doss, Casarino Christmas Shalk Ransom & Doss, P.A., Wilmington, DE, for defendants.

    Case Number: D69763

    Parties' manifested intent to be bound to contract form where use of the forms was contemplated by the project proposal and one party executed the contract forms at the explicit request of the other party.

  • Zayas v. State

    Publication Date: 2022-03-22
    Practice Area: Administrative Law
    Industry: State and Local Government | Transportation
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Valihura
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gary S. Nitsche, Joel H. Fredericks, Weik, Nitsche & Dougherty, LLC, Wilmington, DE for appellant.
    for defendant: John J. Klusman, Megan E. Traynor, Tybout, Redfearn & Pell, Wilmington, DE for appellee.

    Case Number: D69755

    Board erred in accepting employer's medical expert's testimony after he refused to testify about claimant's treatment by physician under unrelated disciplinary investigation, and also erred in refusing to admit that provider's medical records into evidence.

  • 250 Executive, LLC v. Christina Sch. Dist.

    Publication Date: 2022-03-15
    Practice Area: Tax
    Industry: Real Estate | State and Local Government
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daniel F. McAllister, Tarabicos, Grosso & Hoffman LLP, New Castle, DE for petitioner.
    for defendant: David H. Williams, Michelle G. Bounds, Morris James LLP, Wilmington, DE for respondents.

    Case Number: D69742

    The court found that plaintiff's claim for declaratory judgment and injunctive relief were not equitable claims and did not confer subject matter jurisdiction on the Chancery Court.

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  • Fisher v. Emory Hill Real Estate Servs., Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-03-08
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Real Estate | State and Local Government
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: D69739

    Sovereign immunity barred trip and fall claim against the state where it lacked insurance to cover the claim and therefore had not waived immunity.

  • Valentin v. Wysock

    Publication Date: 2022-02-22
    Practice Area: Civil Rights
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Bibas
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Katherine Butler, Law Offices of Kate Butler, Esq., Wilmington, DE for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Geena Khomenko George, The Law Offices of Geena Khomenko George, LLC, Hockessin, DE; Richard L. Abbott, Abbott Law Firm, LLC, Hockessin, DE; Shae Lyn Chasanov, Tybout Redfearn & Pell, Wilmington, DE; Nicholas Jaison Brannick, New Castle County Law Department, New Castle, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: D69725

    Federal civil rights claims could proceed against officer who arrested plaintiff for alleged violation of a noise ordinance based solely on complaints from neighbors who had made prior baseless complaints against the plaintiff, which were insufficient to support probable cause.

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

    Publication Date: 2022-02-08
    Practice Area: Administrative Law
    Industry: Health Care | State and Local Government
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Primos
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bruce A. Rogers, Bruce A. Rogers, P.A., Georgetown, DE for appellant.
    for defendant: Kemba Lydia-Moore, Patricia A. Davis, Deputy Attorneys General, Department of Justice, Dover, DE for appellee.

    Case Number: D69707

    The court held that there was substantial evidence for the hearing officer who denied paramedic licensure to decide that appellant engaged in crimes related to the practice of medicine and that appellant engaged in deceitful conduct that tended to bring discredit to the profession.

  • Gonzalez v. Perdue Farms, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-02-01
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation
    Industry: Food and Beverage | State and Local Government
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Green-Streett
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James R. Donovan, Doroshow, Pasquale, Krawitz & Bhaya, Dover, DE for appellant.
    for defendant: Andrea C. Panico, Tybout, Redfearn & Pell, Wilmington, DE for appellee.

    Case Number: D69694

    The court held that the Industrial Board's decision to accept one medical expert's testimony over contradictory testimony from a different medical expert was within the purview of the Board and would not be changed on appeal.

  • Neece v. Unemployment Ins. Appeal Bd.

    Publication Date: 2022-02-01
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation
    Industry: Retail | State and Local Government
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Green-Streett
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Connie Neece, pro se appellant.
    for defendant: Victoria Groff, Victoria W. Counihan; Daniel Mulveny, Department of Justice, Wilmington, DE for appellee.

    Case Number: D69695

    The court reversed the decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board that denied compensation to claimant because a pertinent document that was referred to in the hearing was "purposely disregarded when rendering it's opinion" and the document was excluded from the record on appeal by the Board.