Supreme Court of Delaware - August 2010 Opinion Summaries

Hudson v. Old Guard Ins. Co.

Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In an action against the insurer of an underinsured motorist, judgment for defendant is affirmed where the insured had no duty to anticipate...

ParkCentral Global, L.P. v. Brown Inv. Mgmt., L.P.

Contracts, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
In defendant's appeal from the Vice Chancellor's order requiring defendant to provide its list of limited partners to plaintiff, the order is affirmed...

City of Westland Police & Fire Ret. Sys. v. Axcelis Techs., Inc.

Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law
In an action under Section 220 of the Delaware General Corporation Law to review books and records of the defendant corporation, judgment for...

Adams v. Del. Harness Racing Comm'n

Administrative Law, Gaming Law, Sports Law
In an appeal from an order of the Delaware Harness Racing Commission claiming that it improperly sanctioned a horse trainer after his horses tested...

Guy v. State

Criminal Law & Procedure
In a first-degree murder prosecution, the Superior Court's denial of defendant's Rule 61 motion for post-conviction relief is affirmed where: 1)...

Dewey Beach Enters., Inc. v. Bd. of Adj. of Town of Dewey Beach

Administrative Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a zoning appeal regarding whether a proposed commercial and residential development in Dewey Beach, Delaware, must comply with the lot size...

Crawford v. Jones

Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a wrongful death action based on the death of an individual following a police chase, summary judgment for defendants is reversed where a...

Blake v. State of Delaware

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Defendant's murder conviction is reversed where the Superior Court committed reversible error by admitting the prior statements of five witnesses into...

Stevens v. State of Delaware

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Defendant's robbery conviction is affirmed where: 1) any substantive comments of a third party embedded in an 11 Del. C. section 3507 statement were...