MARCHAND v. BARNHILL

No. 533, 2018.

212 A.3d 805 (2019)

Jack L. MARCHAND II, Plaintiff Below, Appellant, v. John W. BARNHILL, Jr., Greg Bridges, Richard Dickson, Paul A. Ehlert, Jim E. Kruse, Paul W. Kruse, W.J. Rankin, Howard W. Kruse, Patricia I. Ryan, Dorothy McLeod MacInerney and Blue Bell Creameries USA, Inc., Defendants Below, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided: June 18, 2019.

Corrected: June 19, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. Kriner, Jr., Esquire (Argued), and Vera G. Belger, Esquire , CHIMICLES SCHWARTZ KRINER & DONALDSON-SMITH LLP, Wilmington, Delaware; Michael Hawash, Esquire , and Jourdain Poupore, Esquire , HAWASH CICACK & GASTON LLP, Houston, Texas, Attorneys for Appellant, Jack L. Marchand II.

Paul A. Fioravanti, Jr., Esquire (Argued), and John G. Day, Esquire , PRICKETT, JONES & ELLIOT, P.A., Wilmington, Delaware, Attorneys for Appellees, John W. Barnhill, Jr., Richard Dickson, Paul A. Ehlert, Jim E. Kruse, W.J. Rankin, Howard W. Kruse, Patricia I. Ryan, Dorothy McLeod MacInerney, and nominal defendant Blue Bell Creameries USA, Inc.

Srinivas M. Raju, Esquire , and Kelly L. Freund, Esquire , RICHARDS, LAYTON & FINGER, P.A., Wilmington, Delaware, Attorneys for Appellees, Greg Bridges and Paul W. Kruse.

Before STRINE, Chief Justice; VALIHURA, VAUGHN, SEITZ, and TRAYNOR, Justices, constituting the Court en Banc.


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