Matter by Matter, Client by Client

White and Williams secures a decision in the matter of first impression in Delaware that a school generally does not owe a duty to a student, rejecting the concept of in loco parentis responsibility.

In 2011, member of the Financial Restructuring and Bankruptcy Group restructured and worked out distressed debt in excess of $200 million.

Lawyers in White and Williams Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith practice group scored a significant victory on behalf of its client. The Sixth Circuit rejected an attempt by the plaintiffs to obtain unaggregated coverage with respect to asbestos-related bodily injury claims arising from products sold by a predecessor entity.

On November 23, an 8-person jury found in favor of the plaintiffs in a defamation and false light action awarding a total of $1.06 million (for actual harm and punitive damages).

On November 3, 2011, a 12-person jury sitting in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, Commerce Division, awarded $1.2 million to our client, the owner of the Windsor Suites and attached parking garage at 17th and the Ben Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia for breach of a lease agreement. 

Chuck Eppolito and Edward Beitz obtained a defense verdict in a jury trial in a medical malpractice case involving a 42-year-old with severe coronary artery disease and aortic stenosis. He underwent coronary artery bypass grafting and aortic valve replacement, and died post-operatively due to complications.

Chuck Eppolito obtains a defense verdict in a medical malpractice case where the alleged failure to timely diagnose and treat a spinal fracture suffered by 19-year-old mother during childbirth results in total disability.

Justin Proper, Dave Haase, Shane Heskin and Ashanti Crawford secure a $2.55 million verdict in an unfair competition case involving two local companies and stromboli.

On September 27, 2011, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York granted a motion to confirm a reinsurance arbitration award.

White and Williams served as lead transaction counsel to Seton Company and its U.S. and foreign affiliates in connection with the negotiation and sale of its worldwide automotive leather business to GST Autoleather, Inc., a portfolio company of Hong Kong-based Advantage Partners, and Johnson Controls, Inc., a Fortune 100 firm, a deal that spanned eight months.

On July 28, 2011, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York granted a motion to confirm a reinsurance arbitration award.

On May 23, 2011, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania denied Global Reinsurance Corporation’s motion for summary judgment, which sought to escape liability for a reinsurance billing issued by Pacific Employers Insurance Company on grounds that PEIC’s notice of the underlying claims was late.

Nancy Conrad and George Morrison obtained the dismissal of a wrongful discharge claim brought by a union-represented employee against a manufacturing company.