Delaware Supreme Court Decisions 2024

Justia Opinion Summary: Police were surveilling a known drug dealer in a high-crime area. The dealer arrived at a Wawa convenience store in a car driven by his girlfriend. The dealer exited the car and stood near the gas pump. The defendant…

Justia Opinion Summary: LKQ Corporation, a Delaware corporation in the auto salvage and recycled parts business, designated certain employees as "Key Persons" eligible for Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) through RSU Agreements. These agreements…

Justia Opinion Summary: In the early morning of June 22, 2022, Luis Coello called 911 after a vehicle crash. When officers arrived, they found Coello in pain and lying on the ground. Officer Miller asked Coello to sit down for medical reasons…

Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves Sunder Energy, LLC (Sunder), a solar sales dealer, and its former employee, Tyler Jackson, along with several other defendants. Sunder sought to enforce restrictive covenants against Jackson, who had…

Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves an ex-wife, Stephanie P. Shilling, attempting to enforce an agreement with her ex-husband, Ebon T. Shilling, regarding the sale of her interest in a property acquired during their marriage. The…

Justia Opinion Summary: In this case, the defendant was convicted of first-degree murder, possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, and possession of a firearm by a person prohibited. The key facts involve a shooting incident…

Justia Opinion Summary: Lisa Davis and her son, Brandon Zoladkiewicz, were involved in a car accident with an uninsured drunk driver, resulting in Davis's death and Brandon's serious injuries. Davis and her husband, Mark Ginsberg, had separate…

Justia Opinion Summary: GMG Insurance Agency filed a legal malpractice claim against Margolis Edelstein, alleging professional negligence in Margolis's representation of GMG in a non-compete action brought by Lyons Insurance Agency in the Court…

Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves Rakiim Strickland, who was captured on surveillance video in possession of an assault weapon and discharging it in the direction of another person. Strickland, a convicted felon prohibited from…

Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves a dispute over the control of Byju’s Alpha, Inc., a Delaware subsidiary of Think and Learn Private Ltd. (T&L), an Indian company. Byju’s Alpha entered into a $1.2 billion loan agreement with GLAS Trust…

Justia Opinion Summary: In this case, SARN SD3 LLC ("SD3") brought a breach of contract action against Czechoslovak Group A.S. ("CSG") regarding an option contract for shares in RETIA A.S. ("RETIA"). The contract stipulated that if CSG ceased…

Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves a dispute over attorneys' fees following a $1 billion settlement in litigation challenging Dell Technologies' redemption of Class V stock. The plaintiff, Steamfitters Local 449 Pension Plan, alleged…

Justia Opinion Summary: Shannon Watson was convicted of Assault Second Degree after striking Damon Howard in the face multiple times, resulting in severe and permanent head injuries. The incident occurred outside the bathroom of Catherine…

Justia Opinion Summary: In the fall of 2020, the Wilmington Police Department investigated the NorthPak street gang, which was involved in a series of violent crimes in Wilmington, Delaware. Gregory Wing, identified as a leader and shooter for…

Justia Opinion Summary: In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Governor of Delaware issued a series of emergency orders that included restrictions on religious services. These restrictions, which were lifted by June 2020, limited in-person…

Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves a dispute between two parties who entered into a partnership agreement that specified the financial conditions under which the appellant would receive a distribution upon the sale of the partnership’s…

Justia Opinion Summary: Harrison Sanders and Trinity Turner, divorced parents of two children, were involved in a legal dispute over compliance with a Family Court Order of Protection From Abuse (PFA Order) against Turner. The PFA Order…

Justia Opinion Summary: A group of AIM ImmunoTech, Inc. stockholders believed the board was mismanaging the company and initiated a campaign to elect new directors. This effort included two felons convicted of financial crimes. The board…

Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves a challenge to two Delaware voting statutes: one allowing absentee voters to request "permanent absentee" status, and the other authorizing qualified, registered voters to vote in person at least 10…

Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves Carl Fowler, an employee at Perdue, Inc., who contracted COVID-19 and sought compensation from his employer. Fowler worked at Perdue from January 2020 until late March 2020. In March 2020, Fowler…

Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves Ferrellgas Partners L.P. and its subsidiaries (collectively "Ferrellgas") and Zurich American Insurance Company ("Zurich"). Ferrellgas had an insurance policy with Zurich, which included a provision for…

Justia Opinion Summary: In December 2017, Antoine Terry was found dead from multiple gunshot wounds in New Castle, Delaware. The police arrested Terry’s friend, Shaheed Matthews, for the murder. In 2019, Matthews was tried for murder and…

Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves a plaintiff who was bitten by a dog at a facility operated by an animal welfare organization. The plaintiff filed a lawsuit against the organization, invoking Delaware's "dog bite statute," which…

Justia Opinion Summary: The case revolves around Deonta Carney, who was indicted for crimes stemming from three separate incidents. In one of these incidents, Carney and an accomplice allegedly robbed a man named Angelo Flores of his dirt…

Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves NGL Energy Partners LP and NGL Energy Holdings LLC (collectively, "NGL") and LCT Capital, LLC ("LCT"). NGL, entities in the energy sector, engaged LCT, a financial advisory services provider, for…

Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves BitGo Holdings, Inc. and Galaxy Digital Holdings Ltd., who entered into a merger agreement. BitGo, a technology company, was required to submit audited financial statements to Galaxy, the acquirer, by a…

Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves a group of pension funds (plaintiffs) who filed a lawsuit against Inovalon Holdings, Inc., and its board of directors (defendants), challenging an acquisition of Inovalon by a private equity consortium…

Justia Opinion Summary: The case revolves around a claim of professional negligence against a law firm, Margolis Edelstein, by its former client, GMG Insurance Agency. Margolis had represented GMG and one of its employees, Howard Wilson, in a…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court of the State of Delaware considered an appeal from a decision of the Superior Court regarding the adoption of a Medicare Advantage Plan for State retirees by the State Employee Benefits Committee…

Justia Opinion Summary: In August 2022, Corey Reyes was involved in an altercation with his girlfriend, Jennifer Deems, which resulted in Deems sustaining a broken leg. Reyes was subsequently arrested and charged with second-degree assault,…

Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves a shareholder lawsuit challenging the fairness of IAC/InterActiveCorp’s separation from its controlled subsidiary, Match Group, Inc. The plaintiffs alleged that the transaction was unfair because IAC, a…

Justia Opinion Summary: This appeal pertains to a merger between TerraForm Power, Inc. (“TerraForm”) and affiliates, officers, and other executives of Brookfield Asset Management Inc. (“Brookfield”). The plaintiffs, former TerraForm…

Justia Opinion Summary: In the case of James McDougal v. State of Delaware, McDougal was convicted of possession of a firearm by a person prohibited, possession of ammunition by a person prohibited, and carrying a concealed deadly weapon. His…

Justia Opinion Summary: This case revolves around a dispute between insurance companies Zurich American Insurance Company and American Guarantee and Liability Insurance Company (collectively, “Zurich”), and Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC…

Justia Opinion Summary: Kathleen McGuiness, an elected state official in Delaware, was indicted and tried on various criminal charges related to her conduct while in office. She was convicted of three charges and acquitted of two others. She…

Justia Opinion Summary: In the State of Delaware, a lawsuit was brought by two non-profit organizations against multiple public officials, including tax collectors in Delaware's three counties. The organizations sought increased funding for…

Justia Opinion Summary: In this case, the Supreme Court of the State of Delaware reversed a lower court’s decision to terminate a biological father’s parental rights to his child. The father, Jack Mitchell, had consented to the child's…

Justia Opinion Summary: In the case before the Supreme Court of the State of Delaware, Cantor Fitzgerald, L.P., a global financial services company, appealed a decision by the Court of Chancery. The case involved the company's contractual…

Justia Opinion Summary: In Delaware, a father challenged the termination of his parental rights over his youngest child, J.M., who was born in November 2021. The mother, V.H., passed away a few weeks after giving birth, leaving the father, Jack…

Justia Opinion Summary: In 2022, Fox Corporation and Snap Inc. amended their corporate charters to exculpate their officers from damages liability for breaches of the duty of care. The amendments were authorized by recent Delaware legislation.…

Justia Opinion Summary: In 2019, Jose Terreros was left in charge of his girlfriend's children. Upon returning home, his girlfriend was informed by her four-year-old daughter that Terreros had sexually abused her. The girlfriend immediately…

Justia Opinion Summary: In 2022, Fox Corporation and Snap Inc. amended their corporate charters to protect their officers from liability for duty of care violations, following recent legislation in Delaware. Class A non-voting common…

Justia Opinion Summary: In the Supreme Court of the State of Delaware, defendant Kwesi Hudson, who was convicted of first-degree kidnapping, first-degree robbery, second-degree rape, and other crimes, appealed on two grounds. First, he…

Justia Opinion Summary: In this case before the Supreme Court of the State of Delaware, the plaintiff, First State Orthopaedics, P.A., sought a declaration that a billing code used by the defendants (a group of insurance companies operating…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court of the State of Delaware upheld a lower court's decision regarding a dispute between the Salt Meadows Homeowners Association (Salt Meadows) and Zonko Builders, Inc. (Zonko). Salt Meadows accused Zonko…

Justia Opinion Summary: In the case of the State of Delaware v. Taha El-Abbadi, El-Abbadi was convicted of Murder by Abuse or Neglect in the First Degree for causing the death of three-year-old Julian Cepeda. El-Abbadi appealed his conviction…