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  • In re Talc Product Liab. Litig.

    Publication Date: 2018-09-26
    Practice Area: Products Liability
    Industry: Health Care | Manufacturing
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Butler
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: R. Joseph Hrubiec, W. Steven Berman, Hunter J. Shkolnik, Napoli Shkolnik, LLC; Raeann Warner, Ja-cobs & Crumplar, P.A., for plaintiffs
    for defendant: Michael P. Kelly, Daniel J. Brown and Jessica D. Miller, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, LLP., for Johnson & Johnson defendants.
    Case Number: D68298

    The court dismissed claims by nonresident plaintiffs for lack of personal jurisdiction over certain defendants, and it also granted a motion by those defendants for a protective order to quash jurisdictional discovery.

  • State of Delaware v. Premier Healthcare Inc.

    Publication Date: 2018-06-27
    Practice Area: Business Torts | Health Care Law
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Cooch
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kate S. Keller and Laura N. Najemy for plaintiff
    for defendant: Maria R. Granaudo for defendant.
    Case Number: D68195

    The state adequately alleged claims for Medicaid fraud against a nursing home, its owner and administrators.

  • Green v. GEICO Gen. Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2018-05-09
    Practice Area: Class Actions | Insurance Law
    Industry: Health Care | Insurance
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard H. Cross, Jr., Christopher P. Simon, Cross & Simon, LLC, Wilmington, DE, attorneys for plaintiffs
    for defendant: Paul A. Bradley, Maron Marvel Bradley Anderson & Tardy, LLC, Wilmington, DE; George M. Church, Miles & Stockbridge, PC, Baltimore, MD; Meloney Perry, Perry Law, PC, Dallas, TX, attorneys for defendant.
    Case Number: D68135

    Motion to dismiss putative class action denied where court could not definitively determine that plaintiffs could not establish damage calculation method that would predominate over proposed class.

  • In re UnitedHealth Group, Inc. Section 220 Litigation

    Publication Date: 2018-03-14
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Montgomery-Reeves
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nathan A. Cook, Jeroen van Kwawegen, David MacIsaac, Norman Berman, Nathaniel L Orenstein, Mark A. Delaney, Jessica Zeldin and Bradford P. deLeeuw for plaintiffs;
    for defendant: R. Judson Scaggs, Jr., Lauren Neal Bennett and Jason Z. Miller for defendant.
    Case Number: D68075

    Documents relating to a separate qui tam proceeding provided a credible basis for stockholders to request corporate books and records for the purpose of investigating mismanagement or wrongdoing.

  • In re ExamWorks Group, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2018-03-07
    Practice Area: Discovery | Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Consulting | Health Care
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stuart M. Grant, Michael J. Barry, Jeff A. Almeida, Kimberly A. Evans, Rebecca Musarra, Vincent R. Cappucci and Jordan A. Cortez for petitioners
    for defendant: Raymond J. DiCamillo, Kevin M. Gallagher, Ryan P. Durkin, Michele D. Johnson and Kristin N. Murphy for respondent.
    Case Number: D68068

    Parties who provided late discovery without adequate explanation engaged in discovery abuse.

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  • Cumming v. Edens

    Publication Date: 2018-03-07
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance | Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Slights
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeffrey Gorris, Christopher Foulds, and Christopher Quinn, Friedlander & Gorris P.A., Wilmington, DE; David Wales, David MacIssac, and John Vielandi, Bernstein Litowtiz Berger & Grossman LLP, New York, NY; Adam Warden, Saxena White P.A., Boca Raton, FL; Steven B. Singer and Joshua H. Saltzman, Saxena White P.A., White Plains, NY; J. Elazar Fruchter, Wohl & Fruchter LLP, New York, NY, attorneys for plaintiff
    for defendant: Robert S. Saunders, Ronald N. Brown, III, Sarah R. Martin, and Elisa M.C. Klein, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Wilmington, DE, attorneys for defendants.
    Case Number: D68064

    Derivative complaint not dismissed where plaintiff pled facts of directors conflicts of interest with corporation on the other side of the challenged transaction supporting a reasonable doubt as to whether board was disinterested or independent, which constituted a non-exculpated claim.

  • Harris v. Boston Scientific Corp.

    Publication Date: 2018-01-17
    Practice Area: Products Liability
    Industry: Biotechnology | Health Care
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Johnston
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert J. Leoni, Shelsby & Leoni PA; Christine V. Clarke and Chris A. Gomez, Kline & Specter, PC, attorneys for plaintiff
    for defendant: Colleen D. Shields, Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC, attorneys for defendant.
    Case Number: D68007

    Jury verdict in favor of defendant in medical products liability case not against weight of evidence, where jury could find that complication rate of plaintiffs specific injury of less than one percent was not indicative of the products dangerousness, and could believe testimony that it was reasonable for defendant to rely on clinical testing of similar devices.

  • Sarissa Capital Domestic Fund LP v. Innoviva, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2017-12-27
    Practice Area: Contracts | Corporate Governance
    Industry: Consulting | Health Care
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Slights
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen E. Jenkins, Richard D. Heins, Peter H. Kyle, Martin L. Seidel and Sameer Advani for plaintiffs
    for defendant: Robert S. Saunders, Sarah Runnells Martin, Alyssa S. O'Connell and Matthew P. Majarian for defendant.
    Case Number: D67989

    Defendants agent had actual or apparent authority to bind defendant to an oral settlement agreement.

  • U.S. v. Medco Health Solutions, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2017-12-06
    Practice Area: Business Torts | Government
    Industry: Federal Government | Health Care | Pharmaceuticals
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Andrews
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeffrey S. Goddess, P. Bradford deLeeuw and David S. Stone for plaintiffs
    for defendant: Jack B. Blumenfeld, Rodger D. Smith II, Enu Mainigi, Craig D. Singer, Holly Conley and D. Keith Clouser for defendants.
    Case Number: D67963

    The public information bar precluded a relators claim regarding fraudulent conduct under the False Claims Act. Motion to dismiss granted, with prejudice.

  • In re Physiotherapy Holdings, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2017-11-22
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: U.S. Bankruptcy Court
    Judge: Judge Gross
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: N/A
    for defendant: N/A
    Case Number: D67945

    A litigation trust failed to demonstrate good cause in support of its motion to amend to name additional de-fendants, and the applicable fraudulent transfer law did not permit punitive damages. Motion to amend denied.