• US Dominion, Inc. v. Fox Corp.

    Publication Date: 2022-07-05
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian E. Farnan, Michael J. Farnan, Farnan LLP, Wilmington, DE; Rodney Smolla, Wilmington, DE; Thomas A. Clare, Megan L. Meier, Dustin A. Pusch, Daniel P. Watkins, Clare Locke LLP, Alexandria, VA; Justin A. Nelson, Brittany Fowler, Susman Godfrey LLP, Houston, TX; Stephen Shackelford, Jr., Elisha Barron, Susman Godfrey LLP, New York, NY; Davida Brook, Susman Godfrey LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Stephen E. Morrissey, Susman Godfrey LLP, Seattle, WA for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: John L. Reed, Ronald N. Brown, III, DLA Piper LLP (US), Wilmington, DE; Eric M. George, Katherine A. Petti, Ellis George Cipollone O’Brien Annaguey LLP, Los Angeles, CA for defendants.

    Case Number: D69873

    Parent corporation could be held directly liable for defamation per se by subsidiary news outlet where parent company executives were alleged to be intimately involved in the outlet's operations and to have not believed the veracity or validity of the defamatory news broadcasts and articles.

  • Thorne v. Crane Co.

    Publication Date: 2021-07-14
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Chemicals and Materials | Defense
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Fallon
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: D69468

    In this asbestos-related personal injury case, the court concluded that the applicable substantive law was based on the manifestation approach rather than the exposure approach.

  • Avenatti v. Fox News Network, LLC

    Publication Date: 2021-06-09
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Bibas
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: R. Karl Hill, Seitz, Van Ogtrop & Green, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Shawn R. Perez, Law Offices of Shawn R. Perez, Las Vegas, NV for plaintiff.
    for defendant: David E. Ross, Eric D. Selden, R. Garrett Rice, Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP, Wilmington, DE; Eric M. George, Browne George Ross O’Brien Annaguey & Ellis LLP, Los Angeles, CA for defendants.

    Case Number: D69422

    Court struck amended complaint that added defendant identified in prior complaint where circumstances indicated that the joinder was solely for the purpose of destroying federal diversity jurisdiction.

  • Chaverri v. Dole Food Co., Inc.

    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.

  • Dufresne v. Camden-Wyoming Fire Co. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2020-05-20
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Non-Profit
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Primos
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gregory A. Morris, Ligouri & Morris for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Jonathan L. Parshall, Murphy & Landon for defendants.

    Case Number: D68983

    Volunteer fire company and its board members were immune from defamation liability under state law pursuant to tort claim act immunity, and under §1983 because the company and the board members did not qualify as state actors for §1983 liability since firefighting was not an exclusive state function and there was no entwinement between the company and the state.

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  • In re: Tribune Media Co.

    Publication Date: 2020-03-18
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: U.S. Bankruptcy Court
    Judge: Judge Shannon
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: D68912

    Debtors' objection to defamation claims sustained where plaintiff failed to prove by preponderance of the evidence that allegedly defamatory newspaper article contained misstatements or omissions of material facts.

  • Ford Motor Co. v. Knecht

    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.

  • Stephenson v. Big Oaks Trailer Park, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2019-09-25
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure | Legal Services
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Scott
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sean P. Gambogi, Kimmel, Carter, Roman, Peltz & O’Neill, Newark, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Michael I. Silverman and Adrienne M. McDonald, Wilmington, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: D68715

    Although plaintiffs failed to comply with the court's scheduling order when they failed to provide expert witness reports within the time allowed, the court concluded that defendant was not prejudiced.

  • Verbitski v. Diamond State Port Corp.

    Publication Date: 2019-04-24
    Practice Area: Landlord Tenant Law | Personal Injury
    Industry: Distribution and Wholesale | Food and Beverage
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Rocanelli
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph J. Rhoades, Rhoades & Morrow, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: David Primack, McElroy Deutsch Mulvaney & Carpenter LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendant. Mark Sposato, Marks, O'Neill, O'Brien, Doherty & Kelly, P.C., Wilmington, DE for third-party defendant.

    Case Number: D68540

    A landlord was not entitled to indemnity in this personal injury matter, because the employer who leased the property was entitled to the protection of the workers' compensation exclusivity doctrine.

  • Patrone v. Commerce Assoc. LP

    Publication Date: 2018-11-14
    Practice Area: Discovery | Dispute Resolution | Personal Injury
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: D68355

    The court severed claims that were covered by an arbitration clause, but it denied a motion to dismiss on the remaining claims because discovery was necessary for the resolution of certain factual issues.