| Description | Date | Docket # |
|---|---|---|
Smith v. James Thompson & Co.Supreme Court of Delaware
Health Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
The previously established rule, that a claimant who suffers a work-related injury is entitled to disability compensation based only on a treating...
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02/28/2007 | 610, 2005 |
Perkins v. State of DelawareSupreme Court of Delaware
Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
A conviction for various offenses including first degree murder is affirmed over claims that the superior court reversibly erred by: 1) denying a...
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02/26/2007 | 126, 2006 |
State of Sao Paolo of the Federative Republic of Brazil v. Am. Tobacco Co.Supreme Court of Delaware
Civil Procedure, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, International Law, Product Liability
(Industry: Manufacturing) In an action brought by a state in Brazil and the republic of Panama against various distributors and manufacturers of tobacco products seeking to...
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02/26/2007 | 383-2006, 384, 2006 |
State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v. BuckinghamSupreme Court of Delaware
Contracts, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
Under the test for coverage set forth in Continental Ins. Co. v. Klug, 415 N.W. 2d 876 (Minn. 1987), where an act of independent significance breaks...
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02/23/2007 | 350, 2006 |
Franco v. State of DelawareSupreme Court of Delaware
Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
A restitution order stemming from defendant's theft and conspiracy conviction is affirmed over claims that, by precluding her defense counsel from...
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02/23/2007 | 288, 2006 |
Jackson v. State of DelawareSupreme Court of Delaware
Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
A conviction for Attempted Assault, reckless endangering, and related offenses is affirmed over a claim that a witness' testimony that defendant was...
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02/23/2007 | 120, 2006 |
Smith v. State of DelawareSupreme Court of Delaware
Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Juvenile Law
In juvenile proceedings raising the issue of whether a statement given to the police by a mildly mentally retarded juvenile was admissible at his...
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02/21/2007 | 43, 2006 |
In the Matter of the Petition of the State of Delaware for a Writ of MandamusSupreme Court of Delaware
Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Health Law
In mandamus proceedings brought by the state arising from an evidentiary ruling during an ongoing capital murder trial, the state's petition is denied...
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02/21/2007 | 54, 2007 |
In the Matter of a Member of the Bar of the Supreme Court of Delaware: TenenbaumSupreme Court of Delaware
Civil Procedure, Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
The laches defense is available in Delaware lawyer disciplinary proceedings. In an attorney disciplinary matter involving charges of professional...
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02/09/2007 | 565, 2006 |
AT&T Corp. v. Faraday Capital Ltd.Supreme Court of Delaware
Communications Law, Contracts, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Insurance Law, Securities Law
In a suit brought by an insured, AT&T, seeking coverage under multiple D&O primary and excess policies for defense costs and other expenses...
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02/06/2007 | 236, 2006 |