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   State Courts - Delaware - March 9, 2009

  
AT&T Corp. v. Lillis, No. 490, 2007, No. 459, 2007, No. 459, 2007, SUPREME COURT OF DELAWARE, March 9, 2009, Decided
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Overview: Supreme court deferred to a trial court's evaluation of extrinsic evidence regarding the meaning of "economic position" in a stock option plan because the trial court could consider admissions in deciding the meaning when the admissions related to the plan. Instructions to the trial court to disregard the admissions was based on a factual mistake.

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Brooks v. State, No. 282, 2008, SUPREME COURT OF DELAWARE, March 9, 2009, Decided
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Commonwealth Constr. Co. v. Endecon, Inc., C.A. No. 08C-01-266 RRC, SUPERIOR COURT OF DELAWARE, NEW CASTLE, March 9, 2009, Decided
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Overview: An architect's motion to dismiss a construction company's claim of tortious interference with contractual relations was denied when the economic loss doctrine did not bar the company's claim. Collateral estoppel did not preclude the claim when the issues the company presented to the Delaware Association of Professional Engineers were not identical.

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Honaker v. State, No. 363, 2008, SUPREME COURT OF DELAWARE, March 9, 2009, Decided
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Overview: Because there was no factual basis for defendant's judicial bias claim, because his claim of ineffective assistance was raised for the first time on direct appeal, and because his sentence for third-degree burglary was within the statutory limits of Del. Code Ann. tit. 11, ?? 824, 4205(b)(6), his appeal was frivolous under Del. Sup. Ct. R. 26(c).

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Jones v. State, No. 491, 2008, SUPREME COURT OF DELAWARE, March 9, 2009, Decided
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Marcelin v. Layton, No. 322, 2008, SUPREME COURT OF DELAWARE, March 9, 2009, Decided
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Sammons v. Andersen, No. 323, 2008, SUPREME COURT OF DELAWARE, March 9, 2009, Decided
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Overview: Former husband's legal malpractice claim relating to the execution of a revocation of an antenuptial agreement was time barred by Del. Code Ann. tit. 10, ? 8106 because suit was filed over six years after the revocation was signed, and the revocation document itself placed the former husband on notice of its nature and implications.

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Wilmington Sav. Fund Soc'y, FSB v. Anderson, C.A. No. 08C-06-030 PLA, SUPERIOR COURT OF DELAWARE, NEW CASTLE, March 9, 2009, Decided
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Overview: A creditor's motion to dismiss a debtor's counterclaim under Del. Super. Ct. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6) was granted because the debtor's counterclaims under TILA, 15 U.S.C.S. ?? 1601-1667, and its implementing regulations, 12 C.F.R. pt. 226, were barred. Because the loan was for commercial purposes, it was beyond the scope of the consumer protection laws.

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