• US Dominion, Inc. v. Fox News Network, LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-04-18
    Practice Area: Business Torts
    Industry: Manufacturing | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Farnan, Michael J. Farnan, Farnan LLP, Wilmington, DE;
    for defendant: Rodney Smolla, South Royalton, VT; Thomas A. Clare, Megan L. Meier, Dustin A. Pusch, Daniel P. Watkins, Clare Locke, LLP, Alexandria, VA; Justin A. Nelson, Jonathan J. Ross, Elizabeth Hadaway, Susman Godfrey LLP, Houston, TX; Stephen Shackelford, Jr., Elisha Barron, Mark Hatch-Miller, Zach Savage, Susman Godfrey LLP, New York, NY; Davida Brook, Jordan Rux, Susman Godfrey LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Stephen E. Morrissey, Edgar Sargent, Katherine Peaslee, Susman Godfrey LLP, Seattle, WA. Blake Rohrbacher, Katharine L. Mowery, Angela Lam, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Paul Clement, Erin E. Murphy, Clement & Murphy, PLLC, Alexandria, VA; Dan K. Webb, Matthew R. Carter, Winston & Strawn LLP, Chicago, IL; Scott A. Keller, Lehotsky Keller LLP, Washington, DC; Eric M. George, Katherine A. Petti, Ellis George Cipollone O’Brien Annaguey LLP, Los Angeles, CA; John L. Reed, Ronald N. Brown, III, DLA Piper LLP (US), Wilmington, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: N21C-03-257 EMD

    News network's allegations of electronic voting machines manufacturer's role in rigging election constituted defamation per se because they were statements of fact or mixed fact and opinion and were not protected by neutral or fair reporting privileges.

  • PVP Aston, LLC v. Fin. Structures Ltd.

    Publication Date: 2023-04-18
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Insurance | Real Estate
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge LeGrow
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher P. Simon, Michael L. Vild, Cross & Simon, LLC, Wilmington, DE for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Michael W. Teichman, Kashif I Chowdhry; Kyle F. Dukle, Parkowski, Guerke & Swayze, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Jeffrey D. Brooks, Tanisha L. Massie, Morrison Cohen LLP, New York, NY defendants.

    Case Number: N21C-09-095 AML CCLD

    Court dismissed declaratory judgment claim where plaintiffs' arguments in support had already been rejected by courts in other states in actions involving the parties, thereby invoking the doctrine of collateral estoppel.

  • Wais v. Thompson

    Publication Date: 2023-04-11
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Legal Services | Real Estate
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Scott
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Chandra J. Williams, Rhodunda, Williams & Kondraschow, Wilmington, DE for appellants.
    for defendant: Steven D. Rosen, The Rosen Law Firm, LLC, Wilmington, DE for appellee.

    Case Number: N22A-08-003 CLS

    The court affirmed the trial court's order finding for a buyer in a real estate matter where the seller breached contractual obligations by failing to repair a defective roof.

  • Envolve Pharmacy Solutions, Inc. v. Rite Aid Headquarters Corp.

    Publication Date: 2023-04-04
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Distribution and Wholesale | Pharmaceuticals | Retail
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Wallace
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Karen Jacobs, Alexandra M. Cumings, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Keith J. Harrison, Christopher Flynn, Daniel W. Wolff, Jerome P. DeSanto, Jed Wulfekotte, Crowell & Moring LLP, Washington, DC for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Corrie Elise Amato, Eric J. Juray, Jason W. Rigby, Prickett, Jones & Elliot, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Neil K. Gilman, Christopher J. Dufek, Brianne Reese, Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP, Washington, DC; John B. Shely, Courtney B. Glaser, Kelsey J. Hope, Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP, Houston, TX for defendants.

    Case Number: N19C-12-214 PRW CCLD

    Court denied summary judgment on breach of contract claims where there was a factual dispute over whether defendant's customers participating in savings card and price-match programs fell within the scope of the parties' contracts for prescription drug reimbursements.

  • Baco Holdings, Inc. v. Arria Data2Text, Ltd.

    Publication Date: 2023-03-14
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: E-Commerce | Software
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Jones
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew Silverman, MacElree Harvey Ltd., Centreville, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Scott Czerwonka, Wilks Law Firm, LLC Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: N22C-08-445 FJJ

    The court denied a motion to dismiss a contractual dispute claim that involved a defendant corporation incorporated in Scotland.

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  • Hindinger v. J&M Temp, LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-03-14
    Practice Area: Products Liability
    Industry: Manufacturing
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Brennan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lawrance Kimmel, Linda Malkin, Kimmel Carter Roman Peltz & O’Neill PA, Christiana, DE for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Amy Taylor, Heckler & Frabizzio, Wilmington, DE: Kevin Connors, Marshal Dennehy Warner Coleman & Goggin, Wilmington, DE; Annice Mae Mattus, Castell Abner, J. Scott Shannon, Lee Shoemaker, Washington, DC; Jeffrey G. Granillo, Chambliss Bahner & Stophel, P.C., Chattanooga, TN for defendants.

    Case Number: N20C-01-272 DJB

    Components suppliers not entitled to indemnification from employer against employee's product liability claims, where there was no basis for express indemnification under the exclusivity provisions of the workers' compensation act nor a basis to find implied contractual indemnification.

  • Columbus Life Ins. Co. v. Wilmington Trust Co.

    Publication Date: 2023-02-28
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Insurance | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Wallace
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald L. Gouge, Donald L. Gouge, Jr., LLC, Wilmington, DE; Michael J. Miller, Joseph M. Kelleher, Charles J. Vinicombe, Phillip J. Farinella, Cozen O’Connor, Philadelphia, PA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Steven L. Caponi, Matthew B. Goeller, K&L Gates LLP, Wilmington, DE; Steven Sklaver, Krysta Kauble Pachman, Susman Godfrey LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Ari Ruben, Susman Godfrey LLP, New York, NY for defendants.

    Case Number: N19C-11-175-PRW CCLD

    Court declined summary judgment on fraud claims arising from stranger-originated life insurance policies as the parties had genuine factual disputes over whether each acted knowingly or recklessly in maintaining the policies despite having knowledge or inquiry notice as to the void nature of the insurance policies.

  • Liborio III L.P. v. Artesian Water Co., Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-02-28
    Practice Area: Public Utilities
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Wallace
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: L. Vincent Ramunno, Ramunno & Ramunno, P.A., Wilmington, DE for plaintiff
    for defendant: Colin D. Dougherty, Fox Rothschild LLP, Blue Bell, PA; Courtney A. Emerson, Artesian Water Company, Inc., Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: N22C-06-109 PRW

    Breach of contract and fraud claims dismissed where public utility regulations plainly applied to parties' subsequently adopted water services agreement and the agreement explicitly referenced the applicability of the regulation to the agreement.

  • Smartmatic USA Corp., v. Newsmax Media Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-02-21
    Practice Area: Business Torts
    Industry: Software | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael J. Barrie, Kate Harmon, Benesch, Friedlander, Corplan & Aronoff LLP, Wilmington, DE; Erik Connolly, Nicole Wrigley, Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff, LLP, Chicago, IL for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Richard L. Renck, Tracey E. Timlin, Duane Morris LLP, Wilmington, DE; Howard M. Cooper, Joseph M. Cacace, Jason M. Brown, Todd & Weld LLP, Boston MA; Mark A. Lerner, Duane Morris LLP, New York, NY for defendants.

    Case Number: N21C-11-028 EMD

    Court denied motion to dismiss a defamation claim filed against defendant news agency on the grounds that plaintiff properly pled that defendant made false statements with actual malice.

  • Medlink Health Solutions, LLC v. JL Kaya, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-02-21
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Distribution and Wholesale | Legal Services | Manufacturing
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Jones
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Aman Kaushik Sharma, The Sharma Law Firm, LLC, Wilmington, DE for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: David A. Felice, Bailey & Glasser LLP, Wilmington, DE; Ari S. Casper, Ralph S. Tyler, The Casper Firm, LLC, Baltimore, MD for defendants.

    Case Number: N22C-09-799 FJJ

    Court could exercise personal jurisdiction over parties who had been afforded certain rights and benefits under a settlement agreement, even though they were not signatories to the settlement.