Chief Judge McKee announced today that Judge Sloviter will assume inactive status as a judge of the Third Circuit Court of Appeals.  She made that decision due to “a serious ...

S.B. v. Kindercare Learning Centers, LLC, 815 F.3d 150 (3d Cir. 2016).  S.B., a four-year old girl, was injured at defendant’s day care center.  Her mother sued for negligence, on ...

Freidrich v. Davis, 767 F.3d 374 (3d Cir. 2014).  Plaintiff and defendant were both passengers on a plane from Philadelphia to Germany.  Plaintiff alleged that, during the flight, defendant, while ...

Delaware Coalition for Open Government, Inc. v. Strine, 733 F.3d 510 (3d Cir. 2013).  It is rare that judges, and a court, are defendants in a lawsuit.  It is even ...

Association New Jersey Rifle & Pistol Clubs v. Governor of the State of New Jersey, 707 F.3d 238 (3d Cir. 2013).  In this opinion by Judge Sloviter, the Third Circuit deservedly gave ...

Einhorn v. M.L. Ruberton Const. Co., 632 F.3d 89 (3d Cir. 2011).  When two firms merge, the successor firm may be liable for delinquent ERISA fund contributions of the predecessor.  But where one entity ...

Allen v. LaSalle Bank, N.A., 629 F.3d 364 (3d Cir. 2011).  Circuit Courts outside the Third Circuit have split on the question of whether a communication from a debt collector to a ...