STEELE, Chief Justice: On February 28, 2008, after a tender offer, Golden Telecom, Inc. merged into Lillian Acquisition, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Open Joint Stock Company Vimpel-Communications. Golden remained as the surviving entity, and all tendering Golden shareholders received $105 per share. Global GT LP and Global GT Ltd. (collectively, Global), Golden shareholders, sought appraisal. The Court of Chancery valued Golden at $125.49 per share. Golden appealed, Global cross-...
STEELE, Chief Justice: On June 16, 2009, a jury convicted Brian Fritzinger of rape, unlawful sexual contact, and continuous sexual abuse of his ex-girlfriend's two minor daughters. Fritzinger appeals his conviction, asserting that the Superior Court committed numerous reversible legal errors. Because the trial judge failed to give Fritzinger a hearing mandated by 11 Del. C. 3508, and also improperly referred to two complaining witnesses as "victims" while instructing the jury, we reverse...
JACOBS, Justice: Before us are three consolidated appeals from a judgment of the Court of Chancery, entered after trial. The Court of Chancery adjudicated all but one of the defendants-below appellants jointly and severally liable to the plaintiffs-below appellees; and awarded appellees damages, including pre- and post-judgment interest, in the amount of $4,338,463. 1 The appellants are ASDI, Inc. ("ASDI"), Advanced Synthesis Group, Inc. ("ASG"), Michael J. Kates, Garry Smith, and Alan Blize....
STEELE, Chief Justice: Underinsured motorist Betty Jean Dennis struck Devin Hudson with her car, when Hudson suddenly rode his bicycle into the road. Hudson asserts that the trial judge erroneously (1) granted his insurer, Old Guard, summary judgment on his allegations that Dennis was negligent per se, (2) directed a verdict on the basis that Hudson had acted more negligently than Dennis, and (3) excluded Hudson's expert witness' proffered opinion testimony. Because Dennis had no duty to...
STEELE, Chief Justice: Archibald, "Archie," W. Lingo appeals from a Court of Chancery judgment ordering restitution from and requiring his sister, Dinah Lingo, to return funds she misappropriated as their mother's (Eleanor) attorney-in-fact. 1 Archie suggests that a fairer result would be to require Dinah to return all misappropriated funds to the Trust and not to Eleanor's estate. Archie further contends that in addition to restitution, the Vice Chancellor should have imposed equitable...
JACOBS, Justice: West Coast Opportunity Fund, LLC ("West Coast"), the defendant below, appeals from a Court of Chancery interlocutory order granting judgment on the pleadings. In its order the Court of Chancery declared that a "lockup" agreement prohibiting a transfer of stock in GreenHunter Energy, Inc. ("GreenHunter") did not govern the transfer of pledged shares of GreenHunter to the plaintiff below, Credit Suisse Securities (USA), LLC ("Credit Suisse"), in the circumstances at bar. During...
