• KDM Dev. Corp. v. The Consumer Prot. Unit of the Dep't of Justice of the State of Delaware

    Publication Date: 2023-11-06
    Practice Area: Consumer Protection
    Industry: Hospitality and Lodging | State and Local Government
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Karsnitz
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John W. Paradee, Brian V. DeMott, Dover, DE for petitioner.
    for defendant: Owen P. Lefkon, Ryan T. Costa, Deputy Attorneys General, State of Delaware Department of Justice Wilmington, DE for respondent.

    Case Number: S23M-06-018-CAK

    Consumer Protection Unit had statutory authority to issue subpoenas to affiliate of manufactured home community owners where it was not exclusively bound to make civil investigative demands under the Consumer Fraud Act, and the subpoenas were sufficiently tailored to the scope of an investigation into the safety of the community residents.

  • Eley v. PNC Bank Branch of Lewes DE

    Publication Date: 2023-07-10
    Practice Area: Civil Rights
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Karsnitz
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jonathan J. Eley, Lewes, DE, pro se plaintiff.
    for defendant: Elizabeth S. Fenton, Ballard Spahr LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: S23C-04-003 CAK

    Plaintiff's complaint dismissed where it asserted claims under the Delaware Equal Accommodations Law, as plaintiff failed to appeal the Delaware Human and Civil Rights Commission's order on his administrative complaint.

  • Markert v. Bd. of Adjustment of the City of Rehoboth Beach

    Publication Date: 2022-10-11
    Practice Area: Land Use and Planning
    Industry: Hospitality and Lodging | Real Estate | State and Local Government
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Karsnitz
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William B. Larson, Tye C. Bell, Manning Gross + Massenberg LLP, Wilmington, DE for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard A. Forsten, Pamela J. Scott, Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP, Wilmington, DE; Frederick A. Townsend, III, Hudson, Jones, Jaywork & Fisher, LLC, Lewes, DE for appellees.

    Case Number: S22A-02-003 CAK

    Upward variance from floor area ratio affirmed where variance was needed for hotel developer's aesthetic vision for project, which sought not to increase density but rather to provide additional amenities and retail space.

  • 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.

  • Nieves v. This & That Serv., Co.

    Publication Date: 2022-08-23
    Practice Area: Administrative Law
    Industry: Construction | State and Local Government
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Karsnitz
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Walt F. Schmittinger, Schmittinger and Rodriguez, Dover, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: John J. Ellis, Heckler and Frabizzio, Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: D69927

    Court reversed Industrial Accident Board's decision and remanded the case to be dismissed due to the fact that the appeal was not justiciable and claimant did not seek further relief.

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  • Owens v. Lead Stories, LLC

    Publication Date: 2021-08-04
    Practice Area: Social Media
    Industry: E-Commerce | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Karsnitz
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sean J. Bellew, Bellew LLC, Wilmington, DE; Todd V. McMurtry, Jeffrey A. Standen, Hemmer DeFrank Wessels, PLLC, Fort Mitchell, KY; John P. Coale, Washington, DC for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Garvan McDaniel, Hogan McDaniel, Wilmington, DE; Craig Weiner, Reena Jain, Akeman LLP, New York, NY; Steven T. Margolin, Lisa Zwally Brown, Samuel L. Moultrie, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael J. Grygiel, Cynthia Neidl, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Albany, NY; Michael Pusateri, Greenberg Trau-rig, LLP, Washington DC for defendants.

    Case Number: D69490

    The court dismissed plaintiffs' defamation, unfair competition and tortious interference claims because they failed to demonstrate that defendants' statements were false or made with actual malice.

  • Cuppels v. Mountaire Corp.

    Publication Date: 2021-04-28
    Practice Area: Environmental Law
    Industry: Agriculture | Food and Beverage
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Karsnitz
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Chase T. Brockstedt, Stephen A. Spence, Barid Mandalas Brockstedt, Lewes, DE; Philip C. Federico, Brent Ceryes, Schochor, Federico, and Staton, P.A., Baltimore, MD for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: F. Michael Parkowski, Michael W. Teichman, Parkowski Guerke & Swayze, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Lisa C. McLaughlin, Todd L. Goodman, John C. Phillips, Phillips, Goldman, McLaughlin & Hall, P.A., Wilmington, DE; James R. Wedeking, Timothy K. Webster, Gordon D. Todd, Erika L. Maley, Daniel J. Hay, Sidley Austin, LLP, Washington, DC for defendants.

    Case Number: D69376

    Court approved class action settlement where, despite defendants' vigorous contesting of liability, plaintiffs and class counsel were able to secure a multi-million settlement on behalf of the class.

  • Napolitano v. Town of Fenwick Island

    Publication Date: 2021-03-24
    Practice Area: Land Use and Planning
    Industry: Hospitality and Lodging | State and Local Government
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Karsnitz
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nicholas G. Kondraschow, William Rhondunda, Rhondunda, Williams & Kondraschow, Wilmington, DE for petitioners.
    for defendant: Scott Wilcox, Moore & Rutt, P.A., Wilmington, DE for respondent.

    Case Number: D69338

    Issues of fact precluded dismissal of petitioners' complaint for a writ of mandamus to enforce local zoning regulations.

  • First State Orthopaedics v. Employers Ins. Co. of Wausau

    Publication Date: 2020-05-27
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Health Care | Insurance
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Karsnitz
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John S. Spandaro, John Sheehan Spadaro, LLC, Smyrna, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Kevin J. Connors, Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin, Wilmington, DE; D. Andrew Hatchett, Tiffany Powers and Robert Poole, Alston & Bird, Atlanta, GA for defendants.

    Case Number: D68994

    Defendants' voluntary cessation of a business practice did not cause the parties' controversy to become moot, because defendants left open the possibility of returning to that practice in the future.

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

    Publication Date: 2020-05-20
    Practice Area: Regulation
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Karsnitz
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Benjamin A. Schwartz and Gwendolyn Osborn-Gustavson, Schwartz & Schwartz, Attorneys at Law, P.A., Dover, DE for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia A. Davis, Delaware Deputy State Solicitor, Dover, DE for appellee.

    Case Number: D68984

    Medical board did not err in revoking doctor's license where it expressly declined to rely on improper factual findings by hearing officer and where sufficient evidence existed to support finding that doctor engaged in inappropriate sexual relationship with a patient in exchange for opioid prescriptions.