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  • Ramsey Asset Mgmt., LLC v. The Standard Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2023-11-13
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: Insurance | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Connolly
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Roger D. Landon, Murphy & Landon, P.A., Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: James W. Semple, R. Grant Dick IV, Cooch and Taylor P.A., Wilmington, DE; Brooks R. Magratten, Michael J. Daly, Pierce Atwood LLP, Providence, RI for defendant.
    Case Number: 23-453-CFC

    Court transferred case to Eastern District of Virginia where it involved a dispute over an insurance policy issued to a Virginia-headquartered company and the parties had no connection to Delaware other than the company's state of incorporation.

  • Mirtech, Inc. v. Agrofresh, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-07-24
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: Agriculture | Biotechnology
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Andrews
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Glenn A. Brown, Real World Law, P.C., Wilmington, DE for plaintiffs/counter-defendants.
    for defendant: Chad S.C. Stover, Barnes & Thornburg LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendant/counter-plaintiff.
    Case Number: 20-1170-RGA

    Finding that the plaintiffs/counter defendants would suffer legal prejudice if the remaining counterclaims were dismissed without prejudice, the court dismissed the remaining counterclaims with prejudice.

  • Revolution Rentals DE, LLC v. Pomerleau

    Publication Date: 2022-11-22
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry:
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Primos
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Catherine Di Lorenzo, Stern & Eisenberg Mid-Atlantic, PC, Newark, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Donald L. Gouge, Jr., Donald L. Gouge, Jr., LLC, Wilmington, DE for defendants.
    Case Number: K21C-08-007 NEP

    Failure to timely effect a transfer of an action from justice of the peace court to superior court required dismissal of the case with prejudice pursuant to the terms of the justice of the peace court's order.

  • Arthrex, Inc v. Nat'l Union Fire Ins. Co. of Pittsburgh, PA

    Publication Date: 2022-11-22
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: Health Care | Insurance
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Connolly
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Larry R. Wood, Jr., Adam V. Orlacchio, Anna Elizabeth Currier, James G. Gorman, III, Blank Rome LLP, Wilmington, DE; Justin F. Lavella, Alexander H. Berman, Blank Rome LLP, Washington, DC for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Kelly Elizabeth Rowe, Kurt M. Heyman, Aaron M. Nelson, Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel LLP, Wilmington, DE; Robert J. Katzenstein, Julie M. O'Dell, Smith, Katzenstein & Jenkins LLP, Wilmington, DE; Aaron S. Weiss, Daniel G. Enriquez, Steven J. Brodie, Carlton Fields, P.A., Miami, FL for defendant.
    Case Number: 22-00465-CFC

    Court transferred insurance dispute case to Florida where part of the underlying events occurred in Florida and plaintiff was headquartered there, giving Florida the greater interest in adjudicating the dispute.

  • Trust Robin, Inc. v. Tissue Analytics, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-10-11
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: E-Commerce | Health Care | Software
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen Norman, Jaclyn Levy, Charles Hallinan, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Gary Lipkin, Alexandra D. Rogin, Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC, Wilmington, DE for defendants.
    Case Number: 2021-0806-SG

    Court of Chancery held that they had proper subject matter jurisdiction over a case where plaintiffs pled breach of contract, torts, and equitable fraud. The court noted that because plaintiffs pled equitable fraud, which could not be properly adjudged by law, jurisdiction was proper.

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  • In Re Carvana Co. Stockholders Litig.

    Publication Date: 2022-09-13
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: E-Commerce | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Chancellor McCormick
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christine M. Mackintosh, Rebecca A. Musarra, Grant & Eisenhofer P.A., Wilmington, DE; Ned Weinberger, Labaton Sucharow LLP, Wilmington, DE; Jason M. Leviton, Joel A. Fleming, Lauren Godles Milgroom, Amanda R. Crawford, Block & Leviton LLP, Boston, MA; Domenico Minerva, John Vielandi, David MacIsaac, Labaton Sucharow LLP, New York, NY for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: David E. Ross, Adam D. Gold, R. Garrett Rice, Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP, Wilmington, DE; Brian M. Lutz, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, San Francisco, CA; Colin B. Davis, Katie Beaudin, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Irvine, CA; John L. Reed, Ronald N. Brown III, Peter H. Kyle, Kelly L. Freund, DLA Piper LLP (US), Wilmington, DE, for defendants.
    Case Number: 2020-0415-KSJM

    Court denied defendant's motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction finding that defendant was the majority stockholder and controller over the company at the time the forum selection clause was incorporated into the articles of incorporation.

  • Elavon, Inc. v. Elec.. Transaction Sys. Corp.

    Publication Date: 2022-03-22
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rolin P. Bissell, James M. Yoch, Jr., Peter J. Artese, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael C. Holmes, Jared D. Wilkinson, Vinson & Elkins LLP, Dallas, TX; Michael S. Dry, Vinson & Elkins LLP, Washington, D.C. for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Michael C. Dalton, Bartholomew J. Dalton, of Dalton & Associates, P.A., Wilmington, DE Ryan Scarborough, Graham W. Safty, Trisha Jhunjhnuwala, Williams & Connolly LLP, Washington, D.C.; Adam L. Balick, Melony R. Anderson, Balick & Balick, LLC, Wilmington, DE for defendants.
    Case Number: D69752

    The court found that the Chancery Court did not have subject matter jurisdiction because there was an adequate remedy at law for plaintiff's issue.

  • In Re: Woodbridge Group of Co., LLC

    Publication Date: 2022-03-08
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Investments and Investment Advisory | Real Estate
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: D69738

    In this per curiam, non-binding opinion, the court held that the Bankruptcy Court did not err in concluding that creditor's claims were barred by res judicata.

  • P.C. Connection, Inc. v. Synygy Ltd.

    Publication Date: 2022-01-25
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: Retail | Software
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daniel A. Griffith, Whiteford Taylor & Preston LLC, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: D69687

    The court held that plaintiff properly moved to amend its complaint to add two new parties under Rule 15 (a) notwithstanding the entry of the default judgment against two different parties. Motion to amend granted.

  • Dlayal Holdings, Inc. v. Al-Bawardi

    Publication Date: 2022-01-11
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Will
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lisa Zwally Brown, Corinne R. Moini, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Daniel K. Astin, Ciardi Ciardi & Astin, Wilmington, DE; Albert A. Ciardi, Walter W. Gouldsbury, Ciardi Ciardi & Astin, Philadelphia, PA; Marc Litt, Evan Weintraub, Wachtel Missry LLP; New York, NY for third-party plaintiff. Sidney S. Liebesman, Katelyn M. Crawford, Fox Rothschild LLP, Wilmington, DE; Justin P. Phelps, Gibson Watson Marino LLC, Wichita, KS for defendants.
    Case Number: D69670

    The court held that service of process on three Kansas residents under 6 Del. C. § 18-109(a) was not effective service because the three defendants were not managers of the subject entity.