Opinion · Supreme Court of Delaware
Trenwick America Litigation Trust v. Billett
931 A.2d 438
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of Delaware
- Jurisdiction
- Delaware
- Date
- 2007-08-14
- Topic
- litigation
How later courts describe this case
- finding that “statements of expectation or opinion about the future of the company and the hoped for results of business strategies . . . are generally not actionable under Delaware law”
- noting that the relevant factors include “the time, place, and contents of the false representations; the facts misrepresented; the identity of the person(s) making the misrepresentation; and what that person(s) gained from making the misrepresentation”
- affirming Trenwick Am. Litig. Trust v. Ernst & Young, L.L.P., 906 A.2d 168 (Del. Ch. 2006)
- "Wholly-owned subsidiary corporations are expected to operate for the benefit of their parent corporations; that is why they are created. Parent corporations do not owe such subsidiaries fiduciary duties."
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931 A.2d 438 (2007)
TRENWICK AMERICA LITIGATION TRUST
No. 495, 2006.
TRENWICK AMERICA LITIGATION TRUST
v.
BILLETT.
No. 495, 2006.
The Delaware Supreme Court.
August 14, 2007.Decision without published opinion. AFFIRMED.