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  • Ace Am. Ins. Co. v. Guaranteed Rate, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-09-25
    Practice Area: Insurance Litigation
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Insurance
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Seitz
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas E. Hanson, Jr., William J. Burton, Barnes & Thornburg LLP, Wilmington, DE; Lilit Asadourian, Alice Kyureghian, Barnes & Thornburg LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Aaron D. Lindstrom, Barnes & Thornburg LLP, Grand Rapids, MI, for plaintiff below, appellee and cross-appellant.
    for defendant: John L. Reed, DLA Piper LLP (US), Wilmington, DE; David Newmann, Courtney Devon Taylor, Victoria A. Joseph, Brittany Armour, Hogan Lovells US LLP, Philadelphia, PA; Robert J. Katzenstein, Smith Katzenstein & Jenkins LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendant below, appellant and cross-appellee.
    Case Number: 360, 2022

    Ruling that appellee's alleged violation of the False Claims Act arose out of false certifications that the loans it endorsed were eligible for government insurance, not the professional services it provided to borrowers through mortgage banking, mortgage underwriting, and loan servicing; the court concluded that the FCA charges and eventual settlement did not fall within the professional services exclusion in appellant's management liability policy.

  • Zurn Indus., LLC v. Allstate Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2023-08-21
    Practice Area: Insurance Litigation
    Industry: Insurance | Manufacturing
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Judge Fisher
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patrick J. Murphy, Quarles & Brady LLP, Milwaukee, WI; Robert L. Byer, Thomas E. Sanchez, Duane Morris, Pittsburgh, PA; Gavin Fung, Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, Boston, MA; Ralph J. Luongo, Kennedys CMK, Philadelphia, PA for appellants.
    for defendant: Robert R. Anderson, III, Christopher A. Johnson, Margaret Truesdale, Hughes Socol Piers Resnick & Dyn, Chicago, IL; Timothy R. Smith, Pion, Nerone, Girman, Winslow & Smith; Ralph J. Luongo, Kennedys CMK, Philadelphia, PA; Myles D. Morrison, James P. Ruggeri, Ruggeri Parks & Weinberg, Washington, DC; Michael A. Shiner, Tucker Arensberg, Pittsburgh, PA for appellees.
    Case Number: 21-3032

    Noting that the exception to the final judgment rule for appellate court jurisdiction required injunctive relief and that none of the District Court's partial summary judgment orders rose to the functional equivalent of an injunction, the court ruled that it did not have jurisdiction to review the orders.

  • Nat'l Union Fire Ins. Co. of Pittsburgh, PA v. FedEx Corp.

    Publication Date: 2023-07-31
    Practice Area: Insurance Litigation
    Industry: Cargo and Shipping | Insurance
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Cahall, McCormick & Priore, P.C., Newark, DE; Daniel McNeel Lane, Jr., Kelly A. Potter, Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP, San Antonio, TX; Mina Matin, Lisa Schapria, Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP, New York, NY for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Steven L. Caponi, Matthew B. Goeller, Megan E. O’Connor, K&L Gates LLP, Wilmington, DE; Carolyn M. Branthoover, Jessica L.G. Moran, K&L Gates LLP, Pittsburgh, PA; Richard M. Beck, Sally E. Veghte, Klehr Harrison Harvey Branzburg LLP, Wilmington, DE; James P. Ruggeri, Edward B. Parks, II, Sean T. Kelly, Ruggeri Parks Weinberg LLP, Washington, DC; Marc S. Casarino, Kennedys CMK LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.
    Case Number: N22C-08-488 EMD CCLD

    Court stayed action under comity where another jurisdiction determined to proceed with parallel action despite that case being second-filed since that action had connections to the jurisdiction, and staying the present action would avoid duplicative litigation or inconsistent results.

  • Donegal Mut. Ins. Co. v. Thangavel

    Publication Date: 2023-07-31
    Practice Area: Insurance Litigation
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Seitz
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jennifer A. Sutton, Margolis Edelstein, Wilmington, DE for appellant.
    for defendant: Wade A. Adams, III, Marissa D. White, Law Offices of Wade A. Adams, III, Newark, DE for appellees.
    Case Number: S21C-08-013

    Superior Court correctly applied Sutton rule to bar landlord's insurer from pursuing subrogation against tenants who negligently damaged the property, where the lease contained no provision demonstrating that the landlord and tenant expressly intended for the tenant to obtain their own insurance or to be barred from coverage under the landlord's policy.

  • Stillwater Mining Co. v. Nat'l Union Fire Ins. Co. of Pittsburgh, PA

    Publication Date: 2023-01-31
    Practice Area: Insurance Litigation
    Industry: Insurance | Mining and Resources
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Seitz
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David J. Baldwin, Peter C. McGivney, Berger Harris LLP, Wilmington, DE; Martha Sheehy, Sheey Law Firm, Billings, MT; Kyle A. Gray, Holland & Hart LLP, Billings, MT for appellant.
    for defendant: Kurt M. Heyman, Aaron M. Nelson, Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Scott B. Schreiber, William C. Perdue, Andrew T. Tutt, Samuel I. Ferenc, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, Washington, D.C.; John C. Phillips Jr., David A. Bilson, Phillips, Mclaughlin & Hall, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Geoffrey W. Heineman, Jung H. Park, John J. Iacobucci Jr., Ropers Majeski, PC, New York, NY; John L. Reed, DLA Piper LLP, Wilmington, DE; Gregory F. Fischer, Cozen O’Connor, Wilmington, DE; Angelo G. Savino, Cozen O’Connor, New York, NY for appellees.
    Case Number: 24, 2022

    Superior court did not err in applying law of state of incorporation to resolution of directors' and officers' insurance coverage dispute where the policy applied to D&O liability across multiple jurisdictions, as state of incorporation had the strongest connection to the dispute.

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  • Vito v. Waterside Prop. Owners Ass'n, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-10-04
    Practice Area: Insurance Litigation
    Industry: Insurance | Real Estate
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Karsnitz
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard E. Berl, Hudson, Jones, Jaywork & Fisher, LLC, Lewes, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Robert J. Valihura, Jr., Morton, Valihura & Zerbato, LLC, Greenville, DE; Bruce W. McCullough, Boddel Bove, LLC, Wilmington, DE; Eileen M. Ford, Ryan D. Kingshill, Marks, O’Neill, O’Brien, Doherty & Kelly, P.C., Wilmington, DE, for defendants.
    Case Number: S21C-08-006 CAK

    Court granted in part and denied in part motions to dismiss claims in a multiple party action arising out of insurance policy disputes due to an insured's property damage.

  • G-New, Inc. v. Endurance Am. Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2022-09-27
    Practice Area: Insurance Litigation
    Industry: Food and Beverage | Insurance | Manufacturing
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Johnston
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jennifer C. Wasson, Carla M. Jones, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Vivek Chopra, Jonathan G. Hardin, Perkins Coie LLP, Washington, DC for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Marc S. Casarino, Kennedys CMK LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael L. Zigelman, Kristina I. Duffy, Kaufman Dolowich & Voluck, LLP, New York, NY; Kurt M. Heyman, Aaron M. Nelson, Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel LLP, Wilmington, DE; Scott B. Schreiber, Arthur Luk, Matthew Bemis, Elliot Rosenwald, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, Washington, DC for defendants.
    Case Number: N21C-10-100 MMJ CCLD

    The court granted a motion to dismiss in part and denied a motion to dismiss in part.

  • Burkhart v. Genworth Fin., Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-05-24
    Practice Area: Insurance Litigation
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Slights
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peter B. Andrews, Craig J. Springer, David M. Sborz, Andrews & Springer LLC, Wilmington, DE; Edward F. Haber, Michelle H. Blauner, Thomas V. Urmy, Jr., Patrick J. Vallely, Shapiro Haber & Urmy LLP, Boston, MA for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Daniel A. Dreisbach, Srinivas Raju, Angela Lam, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Reid L. Ashinoff, Kenneth J. Pfaehler, Carter White, Dentons US LLP, New York, NY for defendant.
    Case Number: D69822

    Delaware Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act claims failed where plaintiffs merely sought to unwind allegedly fraudulent transfers, rather than to compel payment of a claim or secure an equitable right to payment.

  • In The Matter of the Rehab. of Scottish RE (U.S.), Inc., LLC

    Publication Date: 2022-05-03
    Practice Area: Insurance Litigation
    Industry: Insurance | State and Local Government
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peter B. Ladig, GianClaudio Finizio, Bayard, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Diane J. Bartels, Wilmington, DE; James J. Black, III, Jeffrey B. Miceli, Mark W. Drasnin, Black & Gerngross, P.C., Philadelphia, PA; Michael Busenkell, Gellert Scali Busenkell & Brown, LLC, Wilmington, DE for Scottish RE (U.S.), Inc.
    for defendant: Marisa R. DeFeo, Randall S. MacTough, Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP, Wilmington, DE; Christopher Viceconte, Gibbons P.C., Wilmington, DE; Daniel Hargraves, Freeborn & Peters LLP, New York, NY; Randall S. MacTough, Zarwin Baum Devito Kaplan Schaer Toddy, PC, Wilmington, DE; Joseph B. Cicero, Gregory Stuhlman, Chipman Brown Cicero & Cole, LLP, Wilmington, DE; R. Stephen McNeill, D. Ryan Slaugh, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Willaim P. Bowden, Catherine A. Gaul, Ricardo Palacio, Ashby & Geddes, Wilmington, DE; John C. Phillips, Jr., Paul S. Seward, Phillips, Goldman, Mclaughlin & Hall, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Joseph C. Schoell, Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, Wilmington, DE; Kathleen M. Miller, Smith, Katzenstein & Jenkins, LLP, Wilmington, DE; David A. Felice, Bailey & Glasser, LLP, Wilmington, DE; John G. Harris, Peter C. McGivney, Berger Harris LLP, Wilmington, DE, Garrett B. Moritz, Elizabeth M. Taylor, Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP, Wilmington, DE; Matthew A. Clemente, R. Bradley Drake, John Grothaus, Sidley Austin LLP, Chicago, IL; Joelle E. Polesky, Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, Wilmington, DE, Travis S. Hunter, Renee M. Mosley, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Jarret P. Hitchings, Duane Morris LLP, Wilmington, DE; Joseph Larkin, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Wilmington, DE; Barry M. Klayman, Simon Fraser, Cozen O’Connor, Wilmington, DE; Kevin J. Mangan, Nicholas T. Verna, Womble Bond Dickerson (US) LLP, Wilmington, DE; Jody Barillare, Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP, Wilmington, DE; Peter H. Kyle, John L. Reed, DLA Piper LLP (US), Wilmington, DE, for shareholders and third-parties.
    Case Number: D69799

    In this case of first impression, the court found that the liquidation standard did not operate as a per se requirement for plan approval.

  • Paycom Software, Inc. v. Travelers Cas. & Surety Co. of Am.

    Publication Date: 2022-04-26
    Practice Area: Insurance Litigation
    Industry: Insurance | Software
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Connolly
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jennifer Catherine Wasson, Carla Michelle Jones, Potter Anderson & Corroon, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Stephen T. Raptis, Reed Smith, Washington, DC for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Robert J. Katzenstein, Julie M. O'Dell, Smith, Katzenstein, & Jenkins LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendant.
    Case Number: D69794

    Court transferred venue in D&O policy dispute to the state where the insured was headquartered as that was where the insured corporation incurred the subject legal costs.