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Publication Date: 2022-10-04
Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
Industry: Chemicals and Materials | Investments and Investment Advisory | Manufacturing
Court: Delaware Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Vaughn
Attorneys: For plaintiff: William M. Lafferty, Miranda N. Gilbert, John P. DiTomo, Lauren N. Bennett, Thomas P. Will, Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Robert N. Hochman, Heather Benzmiller Sultanian, Sidley Austin LLP, Chicago, IL; Eamon P. Joyce, Sidley Austin LLP, New York, NY; Andrew J. Rossman, Jonathon B. Oblak, Nicholas Hoy, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, New York, NY for appellants.
for defendant: Christopher Viceconte, Gibbons, P.C., Wilmington DE; Jennifer A. Hradil, William S. Hatfield, Camille V. Otero, Joshua R. Elias, Gibbons, P.C., Newark, NY for appellees.
Case Number: 279, 2021
Court reversed Superior Court's ruling in a breach of contract case finding that the clear and unambiguous language of the stock-purchasing agreement allocated all off-site environmental cleanup liabilities to appellee.
Publication Date: 2022-04-26
Practice Area: Insurance Litigation
Industry: Construction | Insurance
Court: Delaware Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Vaughn
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph B. Cicero, Paul D. Brown, Chipman Brown Cicero & Cole, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Mark L. McAlpine, Douglas W. Eyre, McAlpine PC, Auburn Hills, MI for appellants.
for defendant: Brian C. Ralston, Mathew A. Golden, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael Dockterman, Steptoe & Johnson, LLP, Chicago, IL for appellees.
Case Number: D69792
The court held that notice of indemnification claims was not time-barred, that defendants waived their affirmative defense of set-off/recoupment by not raising it in response to plaintiffs' motion for summary judgment, and there was no error in barring proof of set-off because the affirmative defense had been waived previously.
Publication Date: 2021-09-01
Practice Area: Legal Malpractice
Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Legal Services | Real Estate
Court: Delaware Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Vaughn
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patrick K. Gibson, Ippoliti Law Group, Wilmington, DE for appellants.
for defendant: Carol A. Vanderwoude, Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin, P.C., Philadelphia, PA, Art C. Aranilla, Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin, P.C., Wilmington, DE for appellee.
Case Number: D69520
Former clients sufficiently pled legal malpractice cause of action by alleging that legal counsel negligently advised clients to pursue litigation strategy that had no merit, resulting in clients incurring unnecessary litigation expense.
Publication Date: 2021-05-26
Practice Area: Landlord Tenant Law
Industry: Real Estate
Court: Delaware Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Vaughn
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Olga Beskrone, Community Legal Aid Society, Inc., Wilmington, DE appellants.
for defendant: Michael P. Morton, Robert J. Valihura, David C. Zerbato, Morton, Valihura & Zerbato, LLC, Greenville, DE for appellee.
Case Number: D69410
Capital improvements to a manufactured home community entitled the owner to raise rent under the Rent Justification Act, but the owner could not extend the rent increase into subsequent years once it had recov-ered that expense.
Publication Date: 2021-03-10
Practice Area: Personal Injury
Industry: Agriculture | Chemicals and Materials
Court: Delaware Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Vaughn
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Scott M. Hendler, Rebecca Webber, Hendler Flores, PLLC, Austin, TX; Andrew C. Dalton, Dalton and Associates, P.A., Wilmington, DE for appellants.
for defendant: Andrea E. Neuman, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, New York, NY, William E. Thomson, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Jennifer C. Wasson, Stephanie E. O’Byrne, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Boaz S. Morag, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, New York, NY; James W. Semple, Cooch and Taylor, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Adam V. Orlacchio, Brandon W. McCune, Blank Rome LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael L. Brem, Schirrmeister Diaz-Arrastia Brem LLP, Houston, TX; Ryan D. Stottman, Barnaby Grzaslewicz, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Craig Stanfield, King & Spalding LLP, Houston, TX; Kelly E. Farnan, Richards Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Timothy Jay Houseal, Jennifer M. Kinkus, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor LLP, Wilmington, DE; John C. Phillips, Jr., Phillips, Goldman & Spence, P.A., Wilmington, DE for appellees.
Case Number: D69319
Superior court did not abuse discretion in denying motion to vacate dismissal based on after-decided federal cases where differences between the federal first-filed rule and Delaware's first-filed rule meant the superior court could handle plaintiffs' second-filed action differently than it might be handled under the federal rule.
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Publication Date: 2020-12-02
Practice Area: Insurance Litigation
Industry: Food and Beverage | Insurance
Court: Delaware Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Vaughn
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Scott R. Mondell, Andrew J. Carmine, Elzufon Austin & Mondell, P.A., Wilmington, DE for appellants.
for defendant: Colin M. Shalk, Casarino Christman Shalk Ransom & Doss, P.A., Wilmington, DE for appellees.
Case Number: D69206
Employer and workers' compensation carrier could not pursue subrogation action against third-party tortfeasor to recover lump-sum settlement paid to an injured worker where there was no evidence the lump-sum included damages the worker could recover from the tortfeasor in a tort action.
Publication Date: 2020-07-08
Practice Area: Whistleblower Laws
Industry: E-Commerce | State and Local Government
Court: Delaware Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Vaughn
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael P. Kelly, Matthew J. Rifino, Hayley J. Reese and Matthew Wright, McCarter & English, LLP, Wilmington, DE and Washington, DC for Overstock.com, Inc.
for defendant: Thomas E. Brown, Edward K. Black and Stephen G. McDonald, Deputy Attorney Generals, Wilmington, DE for the state. Laina M. Herbert and Vivek Upadhya, Grant & Eisenhofer, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff French.
Case Number: D69045
The failure to file a statement regarding expired gift cards with the state escheat office did not amount to a false statement under the Delaware False Claims and Reporting Act. Reversed.
Publication Date: 2019-12-18
Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
Industry: Health Care
Court: Delaware Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Vaughn
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard Galperin, Joshua H. Meyeroff, and Ryan T. Keating, Morris James LLP for appellant.
for defendant: Leroy A. Tice, Leroy A. Tice, Esquire P.A. for appellees.
Case Number: D68806
Release of claims against agent that served to extinguish the agent's pro rata share of responsibility of the principal's damages effectively released the principal from a vicarious liability claim even when the principal was not party to the release.
Publication Date: 2019-12-18
Practice Area: Personal Injury
Industry: Automotive | Chemicals and Materials | Manufacturing
Court: Delaware Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Vaughn
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christian J. Singewald and Rochelle L. Gumapac, White and Williams, LLP, Wilmington, DE, Jessica L. Ellsworth, Hogan Lovells US LLP, Washington, DC for appellant.
for defendant: Adam Balick and Patrick J. Smith, Balick & Balick, LLP; Bartholomew J. Dalton, Ipek K. Medford, Andrew C. Dalton, and Michael C. Dalton, Dalton & Associates, P.A., Wilmington, DE for appellee.
Case Number: D68807
Trial court erred in denying new trial/remittitur motion on excessive verdict motions when it focused on defendant's share of damages rather than the entire compensatory damages verdict.
Publication Date: 2018-12-05
Practice Area: Insurance Law
Industry: Health Care | Insurance
Court: Delaware Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Vaughn
Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Newmann and Catherine E. Stetson, Hogan Lovells US LLP, Washington, DC; Timothy Jay Houseal, Jennifer M. Kinkus and William E. Gamgort, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael J. Rosen and Peter F. Lovato, III, Skarzynski Black, LLC for appellant
for defendant: John M. Seaman and April M. Kirby, Abrams & Bayliss LLP, Wilmington, DE for appellee.
Case Number: D68374
Bad faith claim brought by insured barred by applicable statute of limitations where the claim accrued when insured settled a covered litigation and when insured knew insurer had made its alleged misrepresentation in prior litigation.
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