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  March 11, 2010
Christiana Care Settles Whistleblower Suit for $3 Million
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In what the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Delaware said was the largest-ever settlement in Delaware of a whistleblower suit, Christiana Care Health System agreed to pay the federal and state governments a combined $3.3 million to end litigation alleging it had violated laws designed to combat fraud and misuse of federal and state health care funds.
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REHABILITATING THE COURTS
Mental Health Task Force Adopts Plan, Expands Pilot Program  premium content
By Elizabeth Bennett
Delaware Law Weekly
A little more than one year after it was convened, the task force in Delaware that is addressing mental health issues and their intersection with the criminal justice system has issued its strategic plan and has taken a pilot mental health court program in New Castle County statewide.
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Cravath May Represent Air Products in Airgas Takeover Bid  premium content
By Gina Passarella
Delaware Law Weekly
Cravath Swaine & Moore can continue its representation of Air Products & Chemicals in the company's bid to acquire competitor Airgas, despite Airgas' claims of conflict, Delaware Chancery Court Chancellor William B. Chandler III ruled Friday afternoon.
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This Week's Digests
THIRD CIRCUIT
CRIMINAL PRACTICE
Jackson v. Danberg
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Capital Case • Lethal Injection Protocol • Eighth Amendment Challenge
The trial court did not err in granting the State summary judgment in this constitutional challenge to Delaware’s death penalty protocol since under the U.S. Supreme Court’s Baze v. Rees, an execution protocol that does not present a substantial risk of serious harm passes constitutional muster. Affirmed.
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DELAWARE SUPREME COURT
BUSINESS LAW
Teachers’ Retirement System of Lousiana v. Pricewaterhouse Coopers, LLP
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Derivative Actions • In Pari Delicto • New York Law • Certification
The issue of in the scope of in pari delicto liability for actions by auditors was certified to the New York Court of Appeals.
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DELAWARE SUPREME COURT
CRIMINAL PRACTICE
Cruz v. State of Delaware
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Probation and Parole • Violation Hearing • Due Process • Acquittal • Same Trial Judge
The trial court did not err in finding defendant in violation of his probation because if a criminal trial results in an acquittal, due process permits the same judge who presided at that criminal trial to consider the same evidence at a subsequent violation of probation hearing involving the same conduct. Affirmed.
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DELAWARE SUPREME COURT
REAL PROPERTY
Thompson v. Lynch
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Tenants in Common • Partnerships • Partition • Judicial Estoppel
Appellants were judicially estopped from contradicting their former position and, after learning the chancellor’s result was not to their liking, claiming that court had no jurisidiction. The Supreme Court affirmed the Court of Chancery.
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DELAWARE SUPERIOR COURT
CIVIL PRACTICE
Maldonado v. Matthews
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Service of Process • Out-of-state Defendant • 10 Del.C. § 3104 • Record of Service
The court denied defendant’s motion to dismiss for ineffective service where plaintiff had created a record of “personal delivery to the addressee” which was satisfactory to the court. Motion to dismiss denied.
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DELAWARE SUPERIOR COURT
INSURANCE LAW
Peak Property & Casualty Ins. Co. v. Speed
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Defense and Indemnity • Motor Vehicle Accident • Insured • Permissive Use
The court granted the plaintiff insurer summary judgment in this declaratory judgment action where defendants failed to rebut the testimony that plaintiff’s insured did not give the driver permission to drive her vehicle. Motion for summary judgment granted.
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