• Yankees Ent. & Sports Network, LLC v. Hartford Fire Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2023-10-09
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Judge Freeman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 22-3121

    District Court properly dismissed insurance coverage dispute for lack of personal jurisdiction where neither party was headquartered in Delaware and the underlying policy did not cover any property or loss in Delaware.

  • United States v. Kousisis

    Publication Date: 2023-10-09
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry: Construction | Federal Government | State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Judge McKee
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lisa A. Mathewson, Philadelphia, PA for appellants.
    for defendant: Paul G. Shapiro, Office of United States Attorney, Philadelphia, PA; David E. Troyer, Office of United States Attorney, Philadelphia, PA for appellee.

    Case Number: 19-3679

    District court erred in setting the loss calculation at defendants' total profits where defendants lawfully performed work on the public construction project, with the DOT/PennDOT merely expecting defendants to obtain certain construction materials from a qualifying supplier.

  • Hickey v. Univ. of Pittsburgh

    Publication Date: 2023-09-25
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Education
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Judge Krause
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edward W. Ciolko, Nicholas Colella, Jamisen A. Etzel, Gary F. Lynch, Lynch Carpenter, Pittsburgh, PA; Jeffrey A. Klafter, Seth R. Lesser, Klafter Lesser, Rye Brook, NY; Eric Poulin, Poulin, Willey & Anastopoulo, Charleston, SC; Roy T. Willey, IV, Anastopoulo Law Firm, Charleston, SC; Stuart A. Carpey, Plymouth Meeting, PA for appellants.
    for defendant: James C. Martin, Colin E. Wrabley, Reed Smith, Pittsburgh, PA; Gerard A. Dever, Roberta D. Liebenberg, Fine Kaplan & Black, Philadelphia, PA; Burt M. Rublin, Ballard Spahr, Philadelphia, PA for appellees.

    Case Number: 21-2013

    Former students' allegations that the universities had retained their tuition and fees in full after transitioning to remote learning and canceling campus events during the pandemic supported a reasonable inference that the parties had impliedly contracted for in-person education and supported a claim for unjust enrichment.

  • Rogers v. Superintendent Greene SCI

    Publication Date: 2023-09-25
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Judge Matey
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Hayden Nelson-Major, Federal Community Defender Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; Katherine C. Thompson, Federal Community Defender Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania Capital Habeas Unit, Philadelphia, PA for appellant.
    for defendant: Shoshana D. Silverstein, Philadelphia County Office of District Attorney, Philadelphia, PA for appellees.

    Case Number: 21-2601

    Trial counsel was deficient in failing to object to trial judge's admonishment of witness that may have influenced the witness's decision to change their testimony favorable to the defense and failing to cross-examine the witness regarding their changed testimony.

  • Epsilon Energy USA, Inc. v. Chesapeake Appalachia, LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-09-18
    Practice Area: Energy and Natural Resources
    Industry: Energy
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Judge Matey
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew A. Fitzgerald, McGuireWoods, Richmond, VA; Gregory J. Krock, McGuireWoods, Pittsburgh, PA; Elizabeth M. Thomas, McGuireWoods, Charlotte, NC for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard L. Armezzani, Daniel T. Brier, John B. Dempsey, Nicholas F. Kravitz, Myers Brier & Kelly, Scranton, PA for appellee.

    Case Number: 22-1280

    Court remanded for district court to join other parties to a joint operating agreement since adjudicating the case would necessarily implicate those parties' contractual rights and obligations.

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  • Tyger v. Precision Drilling Corp.

    Publication Date: 2023-08-28
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: Energy
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Judge Bibas
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Justin L. Swidler, Swartz Swidler, Haddonfield, NJ for appellants.
    for defendant: Kimberly Cheeseman, Michael C. Crow, Katherine D. Mackillop, Norton Rose Fulbright, Houston, TX for appellees.

    Case Number: 22-1613

    Court adopted test to determine whether employer required clothing or protective/safety gear was integral to an employee's job duties, which included factors such as the location of changing, whether government regulations required the clothing/gear, and the type of clothing or gear involved.

  • Wolff v. Aetna Life Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2023-08-28
    Practice Area: Class Actions
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Judge Smith
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John P. Elliott, Kyle M. Elliott, Stewart J. Greenleaf, Jr., Mark J. Schwemler, Elliott Greenleaf, Blue Bell, PA for petitioner.
    for defendant: Charles Kannebecker, Milford, PA for respondent.

    Case Number: 22-8056

    The issue before the court was when the timeframe for filing an interlocutory appeal of a class certification order could be extended under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23(f), which authorizes interlocutory review of orders "granting or denying class-action certification" of petitions filed within 14 days of the order. Here, petitioner filed a Rule 23(f) petition 14 days after the district court had revised its class certification order but months after the original order certifying the class. Respondent, who had received disabilit

  • Zurn Indus., LLC v. Allstate Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2023-08-21
    Practice Area: Insurance Litigation
    Industry: Insurance | Manufacturing
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Judge Fisher
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patrick J. Murphy, Quarles & Brady LLP, Milwaukee, WI; Robert L. Byer, Thomas E. Sanchez, Duane Morris, Pittsburgh, PA; Gavin Fung, Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, Boston, MA; Ralph J. Luongo, Kennedys CMK, Philadelphia, PA for appellants.
    for defendant: Robert R. Anderson, III, Christopher A. Johnson, Margaret Truesdale, Hughes Socol Piers Resnick & Dyn, Chicago, IL; Timothy R. Smith, Pion, Nerone, Girman, Winslow & Smith; Ralph J. Luongo, Kennedys CMK, Philadelphia, PA; Myles D. Morrison, James P. Ruggeri, Ruggeri Parks & Weinberg, Washington, DC; Michael A. Shiner, Tucker Arensberg, Pittsburgh, PA for appellees.

    Case Number: 21-3032

    Noting that the exception to the final judgment rule for appellate court jurisdiction required injunctive relief and that none of the District Court's partial summary judgment orders rose to the functional equivalent of an injunction, the court ruled that it did not have jurisdiction to review the orders.

  • Util. Workers United Ass'n, Local 537 v. Util. Workers' Union of Am.

    Publication Date: 2023-08-21
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Judge Hardiman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Caitlin D. Kekacs, Andrew D. Roth, Bredhoff & Kaiser, Washington, DC; Michael J. Healey, Healey & Hornack, Pittsburgh, PA for appellant.
    for defendant: Samuel J. Pasquarelli, Sherrard German & Kelly, Pittsburgh, PA for appellee.

    Case Number: 22-2142

    Union local members who disaffiliated from parent union had standing as third-party beneficiaries of parent union's constitution/contract with the local to seek equitable distribution of the local's assets to a new independent local.

  • Hickey v. Univ. of Pittsburgh

    Publication Date: 2023-08-21
    Practice Area: Education Law
    Industry: Education
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Judge Krause
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gary F. Lynch, Lynch Carpenter, Pittsburgh, PA; Jeffrey A. Klafter, Seth R. Lesser, Klafter Lesser, Rye Brook, NY; Eric Poulin, Poulin, Willey & Anastopoulo, Charleston, SC; Roy T. Willey, IV, Anastopoulo Law Firm, Charleston, SC; Stuart A. Carpey, Plymouth Meeting, PA; Edward W. Ciolko, Nicholas Colella, Jamisen A. Etzel, Gary F. Lynch, Lynch Carpenter, Pittsburgh, PA for appellants.
    for defendant: James C. Martin, Colin E. Wrabley, Reed Smith, Pittsburgh, PA; Gerard A. Dever, Roberta D. Liebenberg, Fine Kaplan & Black, Philadelphia, PA; Burt M. Rublin, Ballard Spahr, Philadelphia, PA for appellees.

    Case Number: 21-2013

    College students plausibly stated breach of implied contract claim from universities' switch to online learning due to COVID-19 pandemic where marketing materials emphasized benefits of on-campus instruction from attending each university.