• Larian v. Momentus Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-02-12
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Aerospace | Investments and Investment Advisory | Manufacturing
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Dominick T. Gattuso, Elizabeth A. DeFelice, Gillian L. Andrews, Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel LLP, Wilmington, DE; Jonathan K. Cooperman, Kelly Drye & Warren LLP, New York, NY for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Joseph L. Christensen, Christensen & Dougherty LLP, Wilmington, DE; Perrie M. Weiner, Baker & McKenzie, LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Peter P. Tomczak, Michael D. Lehrman, Baker & McKenzie LLP, Chicago, IL for defendant.

    Case Number: N22C-07-133 EMD CCLD

    Court declined to resolve breach of contract claim on summary judgment where parties had material factual disputes over the contractual conditions precedent to payment.

  • Estate of Barotz v. Martha Barotz 2006-1 Ins. Trust

    Publication Date: 2024-01-08
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Insurance | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald L. Gouge, Jr., Donald L. Gouge, Jr., LLC, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Steven L. Caponi, Mathew B. Goeller, K&L Gates LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: N20C-04-126 EMD CCLD

    Life insurance was void ab initio where parties without an insurable interest in the life of the decedent used Delaware statutory trusts to conceal the illegal nature of the policy and facilitate payment of policy premiums.

  • Festival Fun Parks, LLC v. MS Leisure Co.

    Publication Date: 2024-01-08
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jamie L. Brown, Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel LLP, Wilmington, DE; Ian M. Ross, Sidley Austin LLP, Miami, FL for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Lisa Zwally Brown, Brian T. Reed, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: N23C-03-304 EMD CCLD

    Although affirmative defenses of credits for excess payments or set-off were insufficiently pled, they were enough to put plaintiff on notice that defendants were contesting the amounts due, thereby precluding judgment on the pleadings.

  • Patton v. Quality Enter. LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-01-01
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: Automotive
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patrick C. Gallagher, Jacobs & Crumplar, P.A., Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Anthony N. Delcollo, Michael K. DeSantis, Apla V. Batia, Offit Kurman, P.A., Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: N23C-08-316 EMD

    Court declined to dismiss disability discrimination claim where diabetes might qualify as a disability as defined by the ADA and employer was on notice of worker's need for accommodations for his diabetes.

  • CVR Refining LP v. XL Specialty Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2023-10-23
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Energy | Insurance
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Travis S. Hunter, Alexandra M. Ewing, Srinivas M. Raju, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; David P. Bender, Jr., Joseph G. Balice, Haynes and Boone LLP, Costa Mesa, CA; Benjamin L. Mesches, Haynes and Boone, LLP, Dallas, TX; Brian Singleterry, Haynes and Boone, LLP, Fort Worth, TX; Stephen E. Jenkins, Richard D. Heins, Ashby & Geddes, Wilmington, DE; Herber Beigel, Law Offices of Herbert Beigel, Tuscon, AZ for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Robert J. Katzenstein, Smith Katzenstein & Jenkins LLP, Wilmington, DE; Leland H. Jones, Chiara Tondi Resta, Wiley Rein LLP, Washington, DC; John C. Phillips, Jr., David Bilson, Phillips McLaughlin & Hall, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Michael P. Duffy, Scarlett M. Rajbanshi, Boston, MA; Erica J. Kerstein, Robinson & Cole LLP, New York, NY; Geoffrey W. Heineman, Ropers Majeski, P.C., New York, NY; Marc S. Casarino, Kennedys CMK LLP, Wilmington, DE; Sean P. Mahoney, Michael E. DiFebbo, Kennedys CMK LLP, Philadelphia, PA for defendants.

    Case Number: N21C-01-260 EMD CCLD

    Court denied entry of partial judgment on issue that the court entered summary judgment for plaintiffs, where plaintiffs would not be unduly prejudiced by the delay in being able to appeal and where partial judgment could lead to piecemeal litigation and appeals as the resolved issue was not a predicate issue for the rest of the case.

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  • Giles v. Town of Elsmere

    Publication Date: 2023-10-09
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kate Butler, Kate Butler Law LLC, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Scott G. Wilcox, Moore and Rutt, P.A., Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: N22M-02-006 EMD

    Concluding that plaintiff did not have a present right to join the state pension plan, the court ruled that it could not issue a writ of mandamus. Moreover, the petition for a writ of mandamus to allow plaintiff to participate in the state pension plan was barred by the three-year statute of limitations as no claim as to a present right to mandamus was presented.

  • Genworth Fin., Inc. v. AIG Specialty Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2023-10-02
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jennifer C. Wasson, Carla M. Jones, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Kenneth H. Frnechman, Michelle R. Migdon, Orrie A. Levy, Samantha Smith, Cohen Ziffer Frenchman & McKenna LLP, New York, NY for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Kurt M. Heyman, Aaron M. Nelson, Kelly E. Rowe, Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel LLP, Wilmington, DE: Scott B. Schreiber, Arthur Luk, William C. Perdue, Samuel I. Ferenc, Matthew Bemis, Arnold & Porter Kay Scholer LLP, Washington, D.C.; John C. Phillips, David A. Biilson, Phillips McLaughlin & Hall, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Douglas M. Mangel, Michelle Beecy, Clyde & Co LLP, Washington, D.C.; Geoffrey W. Heineman, Jung H. Park, Ropers Majeski, PC, New York, NY; Robert J. Katzenstein, Julie M. O’Dell, Smith Katzenstein & Jenkins LLP, Wilmington, DE; Matthew Beato, Jason Chronic, Jessica N. Gallinaro, Wiley Rein LLP, Washington, D.C.; Karen H. Ventrell, CNA Corporate Litigation, Washington, D.C.; Scott A. Schechter, Matthew Mawby, Kaufman Borgeest & Ryan LLP, Valhalla, NY; John G. Day, Bruce E. Jameson, Prickett, Jones & Elliott, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Alexis J. Rogoski, Edward C. Carleton, Skarzynski Marick & Black LLC, New York, NY; John L. Reed, DLA Piper (US), Wilmington, DE; Steven J. Brodie, Carlton Fields, P.A., Miami, FL; Charles W. Stotter, Carlton Fields, P.A., New York, NY for defendants.

    Case Number: N22C-05-057 EMD CCLD

    Claim reserves and underwriting exclusions to professional liability insurance policy did not apply to underlying lawsuits by long-term care insurance policyholders alleging misrepresentations in the marketing and sale arising from the failure to disclose planned or expected premium increases.

  • Data Logger Solutions, LLC v. Digi Smartsense, LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-09-04
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Manufacturing | Retail | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Krista M. Reale, Margolis Edelstein, Wilmington, DE; Herbert W. Mondros, Rigrodsky Law, P.A. Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: K. Tyler O’Connell, Barnaby Grzaslewicz, Samuel E. Bashman, Morris James LLP, Wilmington, DE; Eric C. Liebeler, Kevin Kitchen, Connor Shaull, Stinson LLP, Minneapolis, MN for defendants.

    Case Number: N20C-10-121-EMD

    Concluding that the facts alleged for the breach of contract claim in the original complaint were similar to those pled in the claim for tortious interference in the amended complaint, the court denied defendant's motion to dismiss finding that defendant was provided sufficient notice of the tortious interference claim to relate back to the original complaint.

  • In Re: Proton Pump Inhibitors Prod. Liab. Litig.

    Publication Date: 2023-08-28
    Practice Area: Products Liability
    Industry: Manufacturing | Pharmaceuticals
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas G. Macauley, Macauley LLC, Wilmington, DE; Martin Bienstock, Bienstock PLLC, Washington, D.C. for plaintiff.
    for defendant: James J. Freebery, Daniel J. Brown, Makenzie Windfelder, Hayley J. Reese, Chelsea A. Botsch, McCarter & English, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Arthur E. Brown, William Hoffman, Matthew Douglas, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, New York, NY; Amy K. Fisher, Katherine D. Althoff, Carolyn E. Riggs, Ice Miller LLP, Indianapolis, IN; Philip A. Rovner, Jonathan A. Choa, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Sherry Knutson, Tucker Ellis LLP, Chicago, IL; Craig A. Thompson, Venable LLP, Baltimore, MD for defendants.

    Case Number: N17C-07-001 PPI

    Plaintiff brought the underlying personal injury action against defendants alleging that defendants were responsible for developing, manufacturing, marketing, and distributing proton pump inhibitor products that were unsafe, defectively designed, lacked proper warnings, and were unfit to be marketed and sold in the United States. Defendants individually and collectively moved to dismiss the claims. Plaintiff brought the case as administrator of a health care plan directly and as subrogee of its members' claims for a variety of injurie

  • In Re: Proton Pump Inhibitors Prod. Liab. Litig.

    Publication Date: 2023-08-21
    Practice Area: Products Liability
    Industry: Manufacturing | Pharmaceuticals
    Court: U.S. Bankruptcy Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas G. Macauley, Macauley LLC, Wilmington, DE; Martin Bienstock, Bienstock PLLC, Washington, D.C. for plaintiff.
    for defendant: James J. Freebery, Daniel J. Brown, Makenzie Windfelder, Hayley J. Reese, Chelsea A. Botsch, McCarter & English, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Arthur E. Brown, William Hoffman, Matthew Douglas, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, New York, NY; Amy K. Fisher, Katherine D. Althoff, Carolyn E. Riggs, Ice Miller LLP, Indianapolis, IN; Philip A. Rovner, Jonathan A. Choa, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Sherry Knutson, Tucker Ellis LLP, Chicago, IL; Craig A. Thompson, Venable LLP, Baltimore, MD for defendants.

    Case Number: N17C-07-001 PPI

    Plaintiff brought the underlying personal injury action against defendants alleging that defendants were responsible for developing, manufacturing, marketing, and distributing proton pump inhibitor products that were unsafe, defectively designed, lacked proper warnings, and were unfit to be marketed and sold in the United States. Defendants individually and collectively moved to dismiss the claims. Plaintiff brought the case as administrator of a health care plan directly and as subrogee of its members' claims for a variety of injurie