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Publication Date: 2024-01-01
Practice Area: Class Actions
Industry: Automotive
Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
Judge: District Judge Brody
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Case Number: 18-5174
Court denied motion to intervene in class action as untimely where the motion was filed following preliminary approval of a settlement that restricted and excluded movant from the class definition, and where motions to intervene early in litigation would enable the court to determine the plaintiff(s) best suited to represent the class. Motion to intervene denied.
Publication Date: 2023-12-04
Practice Area: Class Actions
Industry: Chemicals and Materials | Manufacturing
Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
Judge: District Judge Baylson
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Case Number: 21-3966
Class action plaintiffs filed suit for alleged ERISA violations arising out of a corporate restructuring, seeking clarification relief or, alternatively, equitable relief to restore retirement benefits due to them before the corporate transactions. Having previously determined that the requirements of class certification had been met, and that one or more classes would be certified, the court entered its opinion setting out the exact class definitions.
Publication Date: 2023-10-02
Practice Area: Class Actions
Industry: Aerospace | Transportation
Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
Judge: District Judge Gallagher
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Case Number: 5:20-cv-01883-JMG
Court denied class certification due to class action waiver in airline's terms and conditions, where airline's website provided sufficient notice that passengers would be subject to the terms and conditions and provided passengers purchasing tickets with direct access to the terms. Plaintiffs' motions for class certification and to exclude defendant's expert report denied.
Publication Date: 2023-09-18
Practice Area: Class Actions
Industry: Insurance
Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
Judge: District Judge Smith
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Case Number: 21-4479
Court granted class certification in action challenging automobile insurer's calculation of actual cash value for totaled vehicle, where the primary issue in the case involved the common question of the propriety of the insurer's use of "projected sold adjustments" in its calculations. Plaintiffs' motion for class certification granted, defendants' cross-motions to exclude experts denied.
Publication Date: 2023-09-04
Practice Area: Class Actions
Industry: Insurance
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Judge: Circuit Judge Smith
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Case Number: 22-8056
District court's reconsideration order made no material changes to the class certification order entered in May 2022 and thus, defendant's rule 23(f) motion filed within 14 days of the reconsideration order but 195 days after the class certification order was not timely. Motion denied.
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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
Publication Date: 2023-06-26
Practice Area: Class Actions
Industry: Construction
Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Middle
Judge: District Judge Brann
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Case Number: 4:21-CV-01747
Plaintiffs moved for class certification in their ERISA putative class action and court found that by tethering their claims to the criminal complaint brought by the Pennsylvania attorney general against defendant for theft, to which defendant pled no contest, plaintiffs met their obligations under rule 23. Motion granted.
Publication Date: 2023-04-17
Practice Area: Class Actions
Industry: Aerospace | Travel and Tourism
Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
Judge: District Judge Gallagher
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Case Number: 5:20-cv-01883-JMG
Defendant filed a Daubert motion to exclude testimony of plaintiffs' expert witness. The court denied the motion because the expert's testimony and opinion were sufficiently reliable and relevant at the present stage of the litigation.
Publication Date: 2023-04-03
Practice Area: Class Actions
Industry: Insurance
Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Middle
Judge: District Judge Brann
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Case Number: 4:19-CV-01596
Defendant moved to stay the order granting class certification in plaintiff's class action pending the third circuit's ruling on its rule 23(f) appeal petition and court found defendant had not made a strong showing of a likelihood of success on the merits of its appeal, court had twice considered defendant's arguments and rejected them and defendant failed to show irreparable harm or that any public interest would be served by a stay. Motion denied.
Publication Date: 2022-12-05
Practice Area: Class Actions
Industry: Insurance
Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Middle
Judge: District Judge Brann
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Case Number: 4:19-CV-01596
Defendant insurer moved for reconsideration of class certification in plaintiff's class action alleging violations of ERISA and state law; breach of fiduciary duty; conversion; misrepresentation and unjust enrichment in defendant's seeking reimbursement from plaintiff's civil recovery from the tortfeasor of benefits it paid under a long-term disability benefits group plan and court found class certification was proper but amended the class definition in accordance with the parties' compromise. Motion granted in part and denied in part
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