Legal Opinion
Huber v. Taylor
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided October 31, 2006No. 05-1757PublishedCited by 107 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ROTH, Circuit Judge.
This ease presents the ironic scenario of class action plaintiffs’ attorneys who are being sued for breach of fiduciary duty and related counts by a putative class that the attorneys themselves formed for asbestos personal injury litigation. For the reasons stated below, we will vacate the District Court’s grant of summary judgment to defendant attorneys and its denial of class certification, and remand this case for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.
I. Background and Jurisdiction
Our case begins in Jefferson County, Mississippi, where an asbestos…
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