Dewey v. Volkswagen, A.G., 681 F.3d 170 (3d Cir. 2012). This class action case involved allegations that Volkswagen vehicles had defective sunroofs that allowed water to infiltrate into the interior of the vehicles. The parties reached a settlement that created two categories of ...
A recent posting about citations to Wikipedia in the federal Circuit Courts of Appeals leads to the question of what the attitude is toward Wikipedia in the Supreme Court of New Jersey, the Appellate Division, and the Third Circuit Court ...
On this date in 1995, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals decided In re General Motors Corp. Pick-Up Truck Fuel Tank Products Liab. Litig., 55 F.3d 768 (3d Cir. 1995). The opinion, written by Judge Becker, was a seminal decision when written ...
Sutter v. Oxford Health Plans, LLC, 675 F.3d 215 (3d Cir. 2012). Decisions in favor of class arbitration may seem to be few and far between these days. But in this case, an arbitrator and the Third Circuit Court of Appeals came ...
Macfarlan v. Ivy Hill SNF, LLC, 675 F.3d 266 (3d Cir. 2012). “Judicial estoppel is a ‘judge-made doctrine that seeks to prevent a litigant from asserting a position inconsistent with one that [he or she] has previously asserted in the same or ...
Yesterday, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted to approve the nomination of Judge Shwartz to the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. That nomination can now be taken up by the full Senate. That is the good news. The bad news is ...
Haybarger v. Lawrence County Adult Probation & Parole, 667 F.3d 408 (3d Cir. 2012). Plaintiff Debra Haybarger worked for defendant, an agency of the Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas. Plaintiff has several serious illnesses that caused her to miss much work time. ...
Bull v. United Parcel Service, Inc., 665 F.3d 68 (3d Cir. 2012). “After declaring a mistrial, the District Court dismissed Laureen Bull’s state-law employment discrimination case as a sanction for failing to produce originals of certain medical notes requested by United Parcel ...
On Friday, the same day that he held his promised second meeting with Judge Shwartz, Senator Menendez announced that he was now supporting her nomination to the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. Senator Menendez explained that Judge Shwartz had requested ...
It is being reported that Senator Menendez has agreed to meet again with Judge Shwartz, in connection with President Obama’s nomination of Judge Shwartz to the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. Throughout the legal community, including on this blog, the ...