Twice Injured Firefighter Loses Second Workers’ Compensation Claim December 24, 2025 By Andrew G. Simpson A Delaware firefighter who twice suffered a workplace injury has been denied workers’ compensation benefits for his second claim because...
Insurance Covers Settlement Paid by Stocks Instead of Money: Delaware High Court December 15, 2025 By Andrew G. Simpson A settlement paid by stocks rather than money is a covered loss that must be paid by an insurer, the...
Delaware’s High Court Revives Workers’ Comp Insurer’s UIM Subrogation November 14, 2025 The Delaware Supreme Court has revived a workers’ compensation insurer’s claim for subrogation in a case where an employee injured...
Professional Services Exclusion Didn’t Bar False Claims Act Settlement September 15, 2023 By Jim Sams A mortgage lender accused of violating the False Claims Act by approving government-backed loans that did not meet federal guidelines...
Del. High Court: Insurer Can’t Recover for Water Damage Caused by Tenant’s Errant Drone July 20, 2023 By Jim Sams Sathiyaselvam Thangavel’s hijinks with a drone caused more than $77,000 in damage to the apartment building where he lived, but...
Related Claim Exclusion Doesn’t Require ‘Fundamentally Identical’ Actions in Delaware March 23, 2022 By Andrew G. Simpson The Delaware Supreme Court has ruled that solar panel manufacturer First Solar, which faced two securities class actions, is not...
Court Says Insurance Doesn’t Cover Attacker in School Fight January 31, 2020 By Randall Chase DOVER, Del. — Delaware’s Supreme Court has overturned a judge’s ruling that an insurance company must extend liability coverage to...
Delaware High Court Upholds Slip-and-Fall Lawsuit Dismissal January 11, 2018 The Delaware Supreme Court issued an opinion this week upholding the dismissal of a lawsuit filed over a slip-and-fall accident...