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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
Publication Date: 2022-07-11
Practice Area: Class Actions
Industry: Insurance
Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
Judge: District Judge Marston
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Case Number: 22-0780
Plaintiffs sought approval of a class action settlement in case over automobile insurance and court approved the settlement, class counsel attorney fee and service awards to class representatives.
Publication Date: 2022-07-11
Practice Area: Class Actions
Industry: Consumer Products
Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
Judge: District Judge Goldberg
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Case Number: 22-0778
Defendant moved to dismiss plaintiffs' purported class action over allegedly inaccurate feeding instructions on defendant's dog food and court found plaintiff could not satisfy the requirements of F.R.Civ.P. 23(b)(3) because plaintiffs could not show common issues as to falsity or scienter were more prevalent than the innumerable individualized inquiries that would have to be conducted into each dog food purchaser's mental state. Motion granted.
Publication Date: 2022-04-25
Practice Area: Class Actions
Industry: Aerospace | Defense
Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
Judge: District Judge Bartle
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Case Number: 22-0438
Court certified a subclass under rule 23(b)(3) in class action brought under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act. Subclass certification ordered.
Publication Date: 2022-04-18
Practice Area: Class Actions
Industry: Insurance
Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
Judge: District Judge McHugh
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Case Number: 22-0415
Some defendants moved to dismiss plaintiffs' class action alleging an illegal scheme to systematically deny otherwise eligible claims from accidents arising at High-Performance Driving Education courses and court found it lacked jurisdiction over two of the defendants but not the third and declined to dismiss plaintiffs' nationwide class claims for lack of standing. Motion granted in part and denied in part.
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Publication Date: 2022-03-21
Practice Area: Class Actions
Industry: State and Local Government
Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County
Judge: Judge Tucker
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Case Number: 22-0179
In this 1925(a) opinion, the court held that the judge did not err when it held that plaintiff failed to present evidence to satisfy the commonality, typicality, and predominance requirements for certifying a class. The opinion sought affirmance.
Publication Date: 2022-03-07
Practice Area: Class Actions
Industry: Energy
Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
Judge: District Judge Bartle
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Case Number: 22-0257
Class certification in nuisance complaint against waste incinerator facility denied where evidence failed to prove that that there were enough potential class members to warrant a class action and where alleged injuries would depend on individual factors for each putative class member. Plaintiff's motion for class certification denied.
Publication Date: 2022-02-21
Practice Area: Class Actions
Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory | Travel and Tourism
Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
Judge: District Judge Bartle
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Case Number: 22-0201
The court found that plaintiffs pled sufficient facts to state claims for violations of ERISA stemming from a transaction between the pension fund trustee and defendant owner of the sponsor company. However, where plaintiffs failed to plead sufficient facts about the knowledge of two co-fiduciaries that the transaction was prohibited was cause for dismissal. Motion denied in part, granted in part.
Publication Date: 2022-02-07
Practice Area: Class Actions
Industry: Energy
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Judge: Circuit Judge Smith
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Case Number: 22-0137
Court could exercise interlocutory review of preliminary class certification order that merely left the definition of the class to be determined by the parties. Defendants' petition to appeal granted.
Publication Date: 2021-10-25
Practice Area: Class Actions
Industry: E-Commerce
Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Western
Judge: District Judge Lanzillo
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Case Number: 21-1238
Plaintiff moved for certification of the proposed class in his putative class action asserting defendant's online store was not fully accessible to visually disabled persons in violation of the ADA and for approval of the proposed settlement which committed defendant to ensuring visually disabled individual had "full and equal enjoyment of the goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages, and accommodations provided by and through its Digital Properties." Motion granted.
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