Issue of December 5th, 2007

Recent Opinion Extends Liquor Liability Exclusion

The Superior Court decided an issue of first impression in Delaware when it ruled last month that the liquor liability exclusion in a bar’s insurance policy extends to negligent hiring and supervision claims surrounding an employee who left the bar intoxicated and caused a fatal car accident.    More


State High Court Settles Jurisdiction Conundrum in ERISA Suit

The Delaware Supreme Court settled a question of jurisdiction in a dispute related to the federal Employment Retirement Income Security Act in a recent opinion, but the fund that filed the appeal was left with nowhere to go.    More


Bankruptcy Trustee Suits Cause Increasing Concern for Law Firms

In April 2003, Steven Garfinkel, the chief financial officer of DVI Inc., wrote a memo to Chief Executive Officer Michael O’Hanlon about the crushing liquidity crisis facing the health care finance company and its implications for a pending stock float. The CFO urged his boss to talk as soon as possible to the company’s main outside lawyer, John Healy, a partner in the New York office of Clifford Chance.    More



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