• 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.

  • In re: Washington Mut., Inc.

    Publication Date: 2021-02-24
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Judge Fisher
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: D69304

    District court properly affirmed bankruptcy court's overruling of preferred securities class member's objection to settlement where examination of the merits demonstrated that liquidating trust properly negotiated and entered into the settlement.