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CVS, accused of hiding unused gift cards from Delaware, wins false claims lawsuit
WILMINGTON, Del. (Legal Newsline) - CVS Health Corporation and other companies were granted their motion to dismiss after being accused of cheating Delaware out of unredeemed gift cards. -
Delaware Supreme Court rejects Ohio man's cumulative exposure theory in asbestos case
WILMINGTON, Del. (Legal Newsline) – The Supreme Court of Delaware has upheld a Superior Court's decision that an Ohio man suing Ford Motor Co., Goodyear and others over his alleged exposure to asbestos must offer expert medical evidence that attributed his exposure to his contracting mesothelioma. -
ISN Software seeks Delaware supreme court review of malpractice claim against its former lawyers
ISN Software Corp. is asking the Delaware state supreme court to overturn a ruling that it failed to file in time an allegation of malpractice against its lawyers. -
ISN Software appeals to Delaware high court in case over law firm's $65 million mistake
WILMINGTON, Del. (Legal Newsline) – A software company that unsuccessfully sued a law firm for allegedly providing about $65 million worth of bad advice during a buyout of stockholders is appealing to the Delaware Supreme Court. -
A software company will ask the Delaware SC to pin liability for a $65 million mistake on its lawyers
WILMINGTON, Del. (Legal Newsline) - A company that got about $65 million worth of bad advice from a law firm during a buyout of stockholders should have sued the lawyers before the share price was finalized and while the lawyers were still representing the company, a Delaware judge has ruled. -
DELAWARE SUPREME COURT: Delaware Supreme Court names Luke W. Mette as Chief Disciplinary Counsel
Luke W. Mette has been named Chief Disciplinary Counsel by the Delaware Supreme Court. Mette will now be in charge of the Office of Disciplinary Counsel, an arm of the Delaware Supreme Court. -
Delaware judge denies motion for judgment in lawsuit over Pandur, an armored fighting vehicle
WILMINGTON, Del. (Legal Newsline) – A Delaware Superior Court judge recently denied a Washington, D.C.-based energy and security company's motion in its breach of contract litigation with a defense company, saying the motion was premature. -
Delaware couple who lost chicken house in blizzard failed to prove insurance coverage was available, judge rules
WILMINGTON, Del. (Legal Newsline) – A Greenwood, Delaware couple who sued their insurance company over the denial of their claim for loss of a new chicken house in a 2016 blizzard failed to prove snow and ice coverage was generally available to them, a state superior court judge recently ruled. -
Delaware court affirms ruling in case over failed sale of home
WILMINGTON, Del. (Legal Newsline) – An appeals court has upheld a lower court's ruling that a woman must pay for damages over the sale of a home. -
Delaware Superior Court rules expert report in Kenneth Lilly defective bolt case inadmissible
WILMINGTON, Del. (Legal Newsline) – A Delaware court has granted a request to have expert testimony dismissed in a case involving a bolt and nut maker. -
Delaware Supreme Court affirms lower court’s decision in parking lot slip-and-fall case
WILMINGTON, Del. (Legal Newsline) – A lawsuit filed over injuries sustained in a fall on an icy parking lot was dismissed because the judge ruled that the plaintiff had failed to present enough evidence to prove her claims. -
Delaware SC allows med-mal plaintiff's expert to testify, overturning trial court decision
WILMINGTON, Del. (Legal Newsline) – The Supreme Court of Delaware reversed and remanded a decision from the Superior Court on Aug. 21 in a medical negligence case in which a patient’s bladder was ruptured during a 2013 diagnostic laparoscopy procedure. -
Insurers to feel brunt of New Jersey asbestos ruling, while Delaware hits employers on same day
A decision by the New Jersey Supreme Court forces Honeywell’s insurers to pay for thousands of asbestos claims even though the company, through its Bendix unit, continued to make asbestos-containing brake products for more than a decade after it could no longer obtain insurance coverage for such products. -
Delaware Superior Court denies prejudgment interest in 13-year-old asbestos coverage dispute
WILMINGTON, Del. (Legal Newsline) – A Delaware Superior Court judge denied a motion that set judgment amounts in a lawsuit against Century Indemnity Co. and other defendants. -
Paralegal ruptured Achilles during company softball but won't get Workers' Comp
WILMINGTON, Del. (Legal Newsline) – A Delaware Superior Court judge has ruled that a paralegal injured while playing on his law firm’s softball team isn’t entitled to workers’ compensation. -
Del. SC refuses to twist established law on slip-and-falls during storms
WILMINGTON, Del. (Legal Newsline) – The Delaware Supreme Court affirmed a Superior Court decision on Jan. 8 that a gas station owned by Speedway LLC is not liable for a customer’s injuries that he sustained falling on ice while getting gas on its premises during an ice storm. -
Delaware Supreme Court extends suspension of attorney for allegedly concealing ethical violations
DOVER, Del. (Legal Newsline) – The Delaware Supreme Court has sided with the Board on Professional Responsibility to extend the suspension of attorney S. Harold Lankenau. -
Del. SC grants new trial for asbestos defendant after $2.9M verdict
DOVER, Del. (Legal Newsline) – The Delaware Supreme Court has found in favor of a talc manufacturer in an asbestos case, concluding that the lower court erred when it failed to grant a new trial after witnesses made derogatory statements during testimony.
