• REO Trust 2017-RPL1 v. Short Sale, LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-08-14
    Practice Area: Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Real Estate
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Brennan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Janet Charlton, Michael Pak, McCabe, Weisberg & Conway, LLC, Wilmington, DE for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Robert J. Valihura, Morton, Valihura & Zerbato, LLC, Greenville DE for defendant.

    Case Number: N20L-10-029 DJB

    Although mortgagor should have been noticed in second foreclosure action filed against purchaser at first sheriff's sale, the mortgagor's failure to participate in prior foreclosure action and purchaser being placed on constructive notice of potential mortgage liens on the property meant no interested party was prejudiced by the defect.

  • 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.

  • Osborn-Gustavason v. Waite

    Publication Date: 2022-10-18
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Brennan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph Stanley, Schwartz & Schwartz, Dover, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Peter Schaeffer, Avenue Law, Dover, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: K22C-01-009 DJB

    Court denied a motion to dismiss filed by defendant real estate agent seeking to dismiss claims filed by plaintiff clients claiming defendant failed to inform them of defects in in the home prior to purchasing the property.

  • Horizon Serv., Inc. v. Henry

    Publication Date: 2022-05-17
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: Construction | Insurance
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Brennan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Elissa A. Greenberg, Elzufon Austin & Mondell, PA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Jonathan B. O’Neill, Amanda K. Dobies, Kimmel Carter Roman Peltz & O’Neill, PA; William A. Crawford, Franklin & Prokopik for defendants.

    Case Number: D69815

    Employer's workers' compensation insurer was not entitled to assert a lien on any underinsured motorist coverage recovery obtained by an injured worker from the employer's auto insurer, where the Workers' Compensation Act only permitted reimbursement from a third-party tortfeasor or their insurer.

  • Light Years Ahead, Inc. v. Valve Acquisition, LLC

    Publication Date: 2022-01-04
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Manufacturing
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Brennan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: D69666

    The court held that 1) defendant did not breach its contract with plaintiff by failing to allow plaintiff to assume control of a pre-closing tax matter, 2) plaintiff failed to plead damages, 3) allegations of breach of lease agreements were dealt with in a previous settlement agreement so could not be re-litigated, 4) plaintiff properly pled elements of breach of implied covenant of good faith but did not properly plead elements to support declaratory judgment or intentional infliction of emotional distress. Motion to dismiss granted