• Gerlofs v. Citizens Bank

    Publication Date: 2024-05-13
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Consumer Products | Health Care
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Adams
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher P. Simon, Kevin S. Mann, Cross & Simon, LLC, Wilmington, DE for petitioner.
    for defendant: Ronald N. Brown, III, Daniel P. Klusman, DLA Piper LLP, Wilmington, DE; Steven L. Caponi, Matthew B. Goeller, Megan E. O’Connor, K&L Gates LLP, Wilmington, DE; Thomas R. DeCesar, K&L Gates LLP, Harrisburg, PA for respondents.

    Case Number: N23C-09-178 MAA CCLD

    Plaintiff became solely responsible for escrow agent's legal fees and costs when she refused agent's request to interplead escrow funds and terminate its involvement in the dispute, where the parties' escrow agreement expressly contemplated the agent's non-involvement in disputes over escrow funds.

  • Andor Pharm., LLC v. Lannett Co., Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-05-13
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Manufacturing | Pharmaceuticals
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jesse L. Noa, P. Andrew Smith, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Scott W. Atherton, Terence M. Mullen, Atherton Galardi Mullen & Reeder PLLC, West Palm Beach, FL for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Brian E. Farnan, Michael J. Farnan, Farnan LLP, Wilmington, DE; Julia Chapman, Stefanie A. Tubbs, Forrest E. Lovett, Dechert LLP, Philadelphia, PA for defendant.

    Case Number: N22C-06-078-EMD CCLD

    Court denied claim for contract reformation based on mistake where claimant merely sought to revise an unfavorable deal, although reformation was only meant to fix written contracts that failed to comport with the parties' mutual understanding of their agreement.

  • Ravich v. TCW, LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-05-13
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Rennie
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian E. Farnan, Michael J. Farnan, Farnan LLP, Wilmington, DE; Thomas A. Clare, Jered T. Ede, Clare Locke LLP, Alexandria, VA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Rudolf Koch, Sara M. Metzler, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; John C. Hueston, Alison L. Plessman, Samantha Fidler, Adam Minchew, Nicholas Kellum, Hueston Hennigan LLP, Los Angeles, CA, & New York, NY for defendant.

    Case Number: N23C-10-005 SKR

    Court dismissed defamation action arising out of employment relationship pursuant to forum selection clause in the employment agreement.

  • Navient Solutions LLC v. BPG Office Partners XIII Iron Hill LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-05-06
    Practice Area: Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Real Estate
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: R. Karl Hill, Seitz, Van Ogtrop & Green, P.A., Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Jeffrey M. Weiner, Law Offices of Jeffrey M. Weiner, Wilmington, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: N20C-04-005 KMM

    Court partially granted lender's motion to quash judgment creditor's writs of garnishment to collect on lender's collateral, where the court adopted the legal principle that a lender did not have to take affirmative steps to preserve its priority status over a lien creditor.

  • Amazon.com, Svcs., LLC v. Rook

    Publication Date: 2024-05-06
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: E-Commerce
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kristopher T. Starr, Marshall Dennehy, P.C., Wilmington, DE for appellant.
    for defendant: Sean P. Gambogi, Kimmel, Carter, Roman, Peltz & O’Neill, Newark, DE for appellee.

    Case Number: N23A-04-003 KMM

    Treatment falling outside Health Care Practice Guidelines could still be reasonable and necessary and thus compensable under workers' compensation, such that the Industrial Accident Board was not obligated to take judicial notice of the Guidelines where some of a claimant's treatment fell outside them.

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  • Movora, LLC v. Gendreau

    Publication Date: 2024-04-29
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Manufacturing
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Adams
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: R. Judson Scaggs, Jr., Grant E. Michl, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Kevin M. Downey, R. Kennon Poteat III, Anna K. Tsiotsias, Ilana B. Frier, Williams & Connolly, LLP, Washington, DC for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: David E. Ross, S. Reiko Rogozen, Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP, Wilmington, DE; Andrew W. Vail, Benjamin J. Bradford, Jenner & Block LLP, Chicago, IL; Michael L. Vild, Christopher P. Simon, Cross & Simon, LLC, Wilmington, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: N23C-05-034 MAA CCLD

    Court denied judgment on the pleadings for defendants in action to obtain contractual indemnification in business purchase agreement where plaintiffs' interpretation of the scope of the agreement's indemnification provision, including the amount of indemnification, was facially reasonable.

  • Applied Energetics, Inc. v. Gusrae Kaplan Nusbaum PLLC

    Publication Date: 2024-04-29
    Practice Area: Damages
    Industry: Energy | Legal Services | Manufacturing
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Theodore A. Kittila, James G. McMillan, William E. Green, Jr., Halloran Farkas + Kittila, LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Robert J. Katzenstein, Robert K. Beste, Lauren A. Ferguson, Smith Katzenstein & Jenkins, Wilmington, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: N23C-07-200 EMD CCLD

    Court dismissed malicious prosecution claim against legal counsel where the claim arose from litigation filed in another jurisdiction and counsel lacked sufficient contacts to support general personal jurisdiction.

  • Chumash Capital Inv., LLC v. Grand Mesa Partners, LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-04-22
    Practice Area: Securities Litigation
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Rennie
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin R. Shannon, Christopher N. Kelly, Justin T. Hymes, Esquire, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; William C. O’Neil, Jeffrey J. Huelskamp, Gretchen Scavo, Winston & Strawn LLP, Chicago, IL; Marisa E. Witter, Winston & Strawn LLP, Houston, TX for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Rudolf Koch, Travis S. Hunter, Alexander M. Krischik, Elizabeth J. Freud, Griffin A. Schoenbaum, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; James G. Sawtelle, Sherman & Howard L.L.C., Denver, CO; R. Montgomery Donaldson, Montgomery, McCracken, Walker & Rhoads, LLP, Wilmington, DE; B. John Casey, Ryan H. Tamm, Stoel Rives LLP, Portland, OR for defendants.

    Case Number: N23C-07-209 SKR CCLD

    Court declined to dismiss fraud claims as untimely under contractual limitations period where the parties' contract expressly exempted fraud claims from the scope of the contractual indemnity provisions containing the survival clauses.

  • Nivagen Pharm., Inc. v. Hikma Pharm USA Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-04-22
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Pharmaceuticals
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Medinilla
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John A. Sensing, Andrew M. Moshos, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Dominick T. Gattuso, Elizabeth A. DeFelice, Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: N23C-09-062 VLM CCLD

    Tortious interference claim against parent corporation failed where plaintiff failed to allege facts supporting an inference that parent acted to maliciously harm plaintiff or was knowingly acting outside its subsidiary's economic interests.

  • Agahi v. Kelly

    Publication Date: 2024-04-01
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Adams
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: N23C-07-144 MAA CCLD

    Complaint seeking payment of settlement consideration was an action at law rather than a request for specific performance, meaning jurisdiction was proper in the superior court rather than the chancery court.