Benjamin v. Pennsylvania Dep't of Public Welfare, 701 F.3d 938 (3d Cir. 2012). In this class action brought by persons with mental retardation who reside in intermediate care facilities operated by defendants,...
Bellevue Drug Co. v. Caremark SPCS, 700 F.3d 109 (3d Cir. 2012). This was an antitrust class action. Plaintiffs, who are retail pharmacy businesses, and defendant, who is a prescription benefits manager for...
Kaufman v. Allstate New Jersey Ins. Co.., 2012 WL 3870323 (App. Div. Sept. 7, 2012). As discussed here, New Jersey has more liberal rules for standing to sue than do the...
United States v. Stoerr, 695 F.3d 271 (3d Cir. 2012). Defendant was convicted of participating in bid-rigging and receiving kickbacks while employed at Sevenson Environmental Services, Inc. ("Sevenson"). Sevenson, which...
Marcus v. BMW of North America, Inc., 687 F.3d 583 (3d Cir. 2012). "Run-flat" tires ("RFT's") are automobile tires that can, as their name implies, continue to run for 50...
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...
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)....
Little v. Kia Motors America, Inc., 425 N.J. Super. 82 (App. Div. 2012). In this consumer class action, which involved alleged defects in Kia automobiles, Judge #1 presided over a classwide jury trial. The...
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,...
Wenger v. Cardo Windows, Inc., 2012 WL 280254 (App. Div. Feb. 1, 2012). Plaintiffs in this consumer class action sought injunctive relief and statutory civil penalties against defendants in connection...
