Upcoming Arguments in the Court of Appeals in October 2020

Upcoming arguments in the Court of Appeals in October 2020 that may be of interest to commercial litigators:

Chen v. Ins. Co. of the State of Pennsylvania. (No. 77) APL-2019-118 (to be argued Wednesday, October 14) ("Contracts—Waiver-- Whether excess insurer defendant waived argument relating to its obligation to cover interest on personal injury judgment; Motions--Reargument or Renewal--Whether Supreme Court properly granted reargument to consider interest issue; Insurance--Construction of Policy--Whether Supreme Court properly interpreted excess insurance policy.")
DiLorenzo v. Windermere Owners. (No. 78) APL-2019-132 (to be argued Wednesday, October 14) ("Landlord and Tenant--Rent Regulation--Whether defendants, original and successor owner of residential building, substantiated defendants' claims that they made sufficient expenditures for individual apartment improvements, thereby rendering subject apartment exempt from rent stabilization; whether plaintiff waived claim regarding useful life of improvements. ")
Sutton v Pilevsky. (No. 80) APL-2019-28 (to be argued Thursday, October 15) ("United States—Federal Preemption-- Whether plaintiff’s state law claims are preempted by
federal law; sole damages sought by plaintiff were losses resulting from the delay of a real estate project due to bankruptcy filing of two nonparty entities.
Trustees of Columbia Univ. v. D'Agostino Supermarkets. (No. 40) APL-2019-89 (to be argued Thursday, October 15) ("Damages--Liquidated Damages--Whether liquidated damages provision of a commercial lease surrender agreement was enforceable.