Cases

479 F.Supp.2d 419 (2007) ROYAL INDEMNITY COMPANY, Plaintiff, v. PEPPER HAMILTON LLP, W. Roderick Gagne, Freed Maxick & Battaglia CPA's PC, McGladrey & Pullen LLP, Michael Aquino, and Freed Maxick Sachs & Murphy, P.C., Defendants. Civil Action No. 05-165-JJF. United States District Court, D. Delaware. March 22, 2007. *420

OPINION OF THE COURT Jones, J. We are asked to determine, under Pennsylvania law, whether excess insurers Executive Risk Indemnity Inc. and Twin City Fire Insurance Company, based upon their prior knowledge exclusions, and Continental Casualty Company, based upon rescission of its policies, were entitled to summary judgment declaring that they have no obligation to indemnify defendants Pepper Hamilton LLP an

OPINION OF THE COURT Saxe, J. The law firm Pepper Hamilton and one of its members, W. Roderick Gagné, were deprived of millions of dollars in professional liability insurance coverage purchased by the firm, by the order of the motion court declaring that the three excess insurance carriers have no obligation to indemnify the firm. The court reasoned that because the law firm knew of misconduct on the part of

774 F.Supp.2d 636 (2011) ARROWOOD INDEMNITY COMPANY, f/k/a Royal Indemnity Company, Plaintiff/Counterclaim Defendant, v. HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant/Cross-Claim Defendant/Counterclaim Plaintiff, and Student Finance Corporation, Defendant/Counterclaim Defendant/Counterclaim and Cross-Claim Plaintiff. No. C.A. No. 09-166-LPS. United States District Court, D. Delaware.

303 F.Supp.2d 897 (2003) ROYAL SURPLUS LINES INSURANCE CO., Plaintiff, The Insurance Company of The State of Pennsylvania and New Hampshire Insurance Company, Intervening Plaintiffs, v. SOFAMOR DANEK GROUP, INC., Defendant. No. 97-2499. United States District Court, W.D. Tennessee, Western Division. July 2, 2003. *899 Michael

MEMORANDUM OPINION Nora Barry Fischer, United States District Judge I. INTRODUCTION This is a diversity action in which Plaintiff EQT Production Company (“EQT”) seeks to recover from Defendant Terra Services (“Terra”) for damages stemming from leaks in a natural gas well site operated by EQT and constructed, in part, by Terra. Terra has filed a third-party Complaint for contribution an

413 F.Supp.2d 517 (2005) Danielle Rousseau HUNTER, Plaintiff, v. SQUIRREL HILL ASSOCIATES, L.P., et al., Defendants. No. Civ.A.05-861. United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania. August 17, 2005. *518 Cara M. Kearney, Joseph J. Serritella, Pepper Hamilton LLP, Philadelphia, PA, for Plaintiff. Richard D. Malmed, Philad

OPINION ON FEES SOUGHT BY PROSKAUER ROSE LLP IN FIFTH INTERIM APPLICATION FOR WORK ON DISCLOSURE STATEMENT BY COUNSEL FOR DEBTOR (Dkt No. 1483) Jack B. Sehmetterer, United States Bankruptcy Judge About 25 months into this Chapter 11 case, large fees allowed to counsel and in prospect for various parties have contributed to eroding of the cash held by Debtor. A large part of that cash is needed

(2008) MICHIGAN PROTECTION AND ADVOCACY SERVICE, INC., Plaintiff, v. Patricia L. CARUSO, in her official capacity as Director, Michigan Department of Corrections, Defendant. Case No. 5:05-CV-128. United States District Court, W.D. Michigan, Southern Division. October 8, 2008. Opinion and Order Granting Defendant's Motion for Summary

HON. ELIZABETH S. STONG, UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY JUDGE Introduction Before the Court are the motions to dismiss of defendants Firstmark Services ("Firstmark"), Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency ("PHEAA"), and jointly, defendants National Collegiate Student Loan Trust 2005-3, National Collegiate Student Loan Trust 2006-4, and Goal Structure Solutions Trust 2016-A (the "Trust

OPINION AND ORDER JAMES T. MOODY, District Judge. Plaintiffs Linda R. Skinner and James E. Skinner filed a complaint against defendant Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (“MetLife”). (DE # 1.) Plaintiff Linda R. Skinner (“Linda”) states that she and MetLife entered into a life insurance policy which provided that she would no longer need to pay premiums if she became totally disabled. (Id. </

DECISION Before this Court is the motion of Plaintiffs — Barbara Brokaw, Raymond Mutz, Tammy Oakley, and Delza Young, ("Plaintiffs") — to Require Compliance with the Court's Protective and Confidentiality Order (Protective Order). Defendants C.R. Bard, Inc. and Davol Inc. (collectively "Defendants") object to said motion. At issue is whether Defendants violated the terms of the Protective Order by designating

28 F.Supp.2d 1 (1998) Caspa L. HARRIS, Jr., Plaintiff, v. HOWARD UNIVERSITY, INC. d/b/a Howard University, Defendant. No. Civ.A. 96-0404(RCL). United States District Court, District of Columbia. October 13, 1998. *2 *3 Thomas Dann, Hewes, Gelbrand, Lambert & Dann, PC, Washington, DC, for p

651 F.Supp.2d 332 (2009) TOFFLER ASSOCIATES, INC., Plaintiff, v. HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant. Civil Action No. 08-1167. United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania. July 29, 2009. *334 Timothy C. Russell, Spector Gadon & Rosen PC, Philadelphia, PA, for Plaintiff. Ronald P. Schiller, Nicole J. Rosenbl

519 F.Supp.2d 542 (2007) Ronald L. HUBER, William J. Airgood, Anthony Defabbo, John Dinio, Ernest Gishnock, John Bidlencsik, Hilma Mullins and William Deem, individually and on behalf of those similarly situated, Plaintiffs v. Robert G. TAYLOR, II, Robert G. Taylor, II, P.C., Cletus P. Ernster, III, George E. Cire, Jr., Taylor & Cire, Taylor & Ernster, P.C., Robert A. Pritchard, Christopher Fitzgerald, Law Offices of Robert A. Pritchard,

933 A.2d 800 (2007) Michael CAGLIOTI, Appellant, v. DISTRICT HOSPITAL PARTNERS, LP et al., Appellees. No. 05-CV-1245. District of Columbia Court of Appeals. Argued December 18, 2006. Decided August 30, 2007. *803 Erwin Chemerinsky, with whom Patrick M. Regan, Thanos Basdekis, Lisa D. Barnett, Paul J. Cornoni, Ant

MEMORANDUM OPINION ON DEBTOR’S THIRD OMNIBUS OBJECTION TO CLAIMS Jack B. Schmetterer, United States Bankruptcy Judge Debtor has filed Objections and Notice of Objections consisting of the Third Omnibus Objection to Claims asserting lack of liability. Notice was given to claimants and their representatives of a date by which responses to the Objections had to be filed. None of the claimants filed any respo

507 F.Supp.2d 447 (2007) TRUEPOSITION INC., Plaintiff, v. ANDREW CORPORATION, Defendant. Civ. No. 05-747-SLR. United States District Court, D. Delaware. August 23, 2007. *448 *449 *450 *451

368 B.R. 394 (2007) In re THE BROWN SCHOOLS, et al., Debtors. George L. Miller, Chapter 7 Trustee, Plaintiff, v. McCown De Leeuw & Co., Inc.; Kids Acquisition, LLC; McCown de Leeuw & Co. III, L.P.; MDC Management Company, III, L.P.; MDC Management Company, IIIA, L.P.; McCown de Leeuw & Co. III (Europe), L.P.; *395 McCown de Leeuw & Co. III (Asia), L.P.; Gamma Fund LLC, McCown de Leeuw &

(2008) Ben FLOYD, Trustee of the Estate of Seven Seas Petroleum, Inc., Plaintiff, v. Robert A. HEFNER, III, et al., Defendants, Seven Seas Petroleum, Inc., Plaintiff, v. McAfee & Taft, P.C. Jerry Warren and Gary Fuller, in his Capacity as a Lawyer, Defendants. Civil Action No. 03-5693. United States District Court, S.D. Texas, Houston Division. March 31, 2008.</