• Parma VTA LLC v. Parma GE 7400, LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-01-03
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge LeGrow
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Catherine A. Gaul, Michael J. Vail, Ashby & Geddes, Wilmington, DE; Mark I. Walach, Walter Haverfield, Cleveland, OH for plaintiff.
    for defendant: John A. Sensing, Brandon R. Harper, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Eric H. Zagrans, Zagrans Law Firm LLC, Columbus, OH for defendant.

    Case Number: N22C-03-092 AML CCLD

    Breach of contract claim survived dismissal where tenancy-in-common agreement required parties to share expenses for property, and thus tenant breached this obligation by failing to contribute toward payment of mortgage used to refinance property upon acquisition.

  • Bako Pathology LP v. Bakotic

    Publication Date: 2022-12-13
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Biotechnology
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Valihura
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mary F. Dugan, Lauren E.M. Russell, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Robert W. Capobianco, Adriana R. Midence, Kelli N. Church, Jackson Lewis P.C., Atlanta, GA for appellants.
    for defendant: Bruce W. McCullough, Bodell Bove, LLC, Wilmington, DE; Salmeh K. Fodor, Kristoffer V. Sargent, KF Law, LLC, Atlanta, GA for appellees.

    Case Number: 382, 2021

    The court affirmed in part and reversed in part a cross-appeal arising out of a corporate litigation claim.

  • SARRAF 2018 Family Trust v. RP Holdco LLC

    Publication Date: 2022-11-01
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry:
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Wallace
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David B. Stratton, James H. Levine, Troutman, Pepper, Hamilton, Sanders, LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: S. Michael Sirkin, Anthony M. Calvano, Ross Aronstam & Moritz, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Evan I. Cohen, Finn Dixon & Herling LLP, Stamford, CT for defendants.

    Case Number: N21C-02-006

    Court denied motion for summary judgment by LLC trust beneficiary to enforce a "payout" on the terms of the trust with defendant corporation.

  • Affinity Empowering v. Eurofins Sci., Inc. Party

    Publication Date: 2022-10-25
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Williams
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John V. Gorman, Morgan Lewis & Bockius, Wilmington, DE; Raechel Kummer, Clara Kollm, Morgan Lewis & Bockius, Washington D.C. for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Jeffrey L. Moyer, Travis S. Hunter, Nicole K. Pedi, Richards, Layton & Finger, Wilmington, DE; Edmund M. Amorosi, Jennifer A. Mahar, Smith Pachter McWhorther PLC, Tysons Corner, VA for defendants.

    Case Number: 21-1843-GBW

    Court granted defendant's motion to dismiss for lack of subject matter jurisdiction.

  • The Samuel J. Heyman 1981 Continuing Trust for Lazarus S. Heyman v. Ashland LLC

    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.

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  • Cipercen LLC v. Morningside Texas Holdings LLC

    Publication Date: 2022-09-27
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Automotive
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Timothy J. Houseal, Jennifer M. Kinkus, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor LLP, Wilmington, DE; Matthew K. Wegner, Brown Wegner LLP, Irvine, CA for plaintiffs/third-party plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Patricia R. Urban., Megan Ix Brison, Pinckney Weidinger Urban & Joyce, Wilmington, DE; Jeffrey Hurt, Hurt & Berry, LLP, Dallas, TX for defendant/counterclaim plaintiff. Francis G.X. Pileggi, Cheneise V. Wright, Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP, Wilmington, DE; Dennis D. Leone, Sunjay D. Trehan, Shankman Leone, P.A., Tampa, FL for third-party defendant.

    Case Number: N19C-12-074 EMD CCLD

    The court granted both parties' motions to dismiss a fraudulent inducement and breach of contract case.

  • Weinberg v. Waystar, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-07-19
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Software
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven P. Wood, Andrew S. Dupre, Travis J. Ferguson, McCarter & English, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Julie B. Porter, Salvatore Prescott Porter & Porter, Evanston, IL for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Kevin M. Gallagher, Caroline M. McDonough, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Sarah A. Zielinski, Amy Starinieri Gilbert, McGuireWoods LLP, Chicago, IL for defendants.

    Case Number: D69886

    Option grant was interpreted to grant employer the right to call exercised options following the employee's termination or following the employee's breach of their restrictive covenants; both events were not required to have occurred for the right to be available.

  • Centene Corp. v. Acellion, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-04-12
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Health Care | Software
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Fioravanti
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul J. Lockwood, Ryan M. Lindsay, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Wilmington, DE; William E. Ridgway, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Chicago, IL; Peter B. Morrison, Zachary M. Faigen, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Los Angeles, CA for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Raymond J. DiCamillo, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Michael Rubin, Melanie Blunschi, Latham & Watkins LLP, San Francisco, CA; Serrin Turner, Latham & Watkins LLP, New York, NY for defendant.

    Case Number: D69775

    The court held plaintiffs' claims were subject to a forum selection clause for venue in three California counties.

  • Buckeye Partners, L.P. v. GT USA Wilmington, LLC

    Publication Date: 2022-04-12
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Cargo and Shipping
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jody C. Barillare, Amy M. Dudash, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael D. Blanchard, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Hartford, CT; Julie S. Goldemberg, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Philadelphia, PA; Leslie B. Spoltore, Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP, Wilmington, DE; Nicholas Poduslenko, Matthew S. Olesh, Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP, Philadelphia, PA for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Brian E. Farnan, Michael J. Farnan, Farnan LLP, Wilmington, DE; Thomas J. Elliott, Frederick P. Santarelli, Jack P. Elliott, Colin J. O’Boyle, Elliott Greenleaf, P.C., Blue Bell, PA for defendant.

    Case Number: D69774

    The court held that plaintiff who leased a dock from defendant proved that it was not a stevedore because it was not involved in the physical handling of cargo within the terminal property.

  • IP Network Solutions, Inc. v. Nutanix, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-02-22
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: E-Commerce
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Wallace
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nicholas T. Verna, Womble Bond Dickinson LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Justin M Forcier, Brian M. Rostocki, Reed Smith LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: D69719

    The court held that neither party demonstrated that its reading of the contested operable language of the relevant agreement represented the only reasonable construction as a matter of law.