Legal Opinion

IPSCO Steel (Alabama), Inc. v. Blaine Construction Corp.

Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Decided June 10, 2004No. 03-2929, 03-2966PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

GARTH, Circuit Judge.

The question which we must answer on this appeal is whether the District Court properly approved two settlement agreements among the litigants over the objection of one of the parties, Kvaerner U.S. Inc. (“Kvaerner”).. Because we hold that the District Court did not err, we affirm.

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A. Kvaerner

This litigation arose from a $550 million project involving the construction of a steel plant in Alabama. The project owner, IP-SCO Steel, Inc. (“IPSCO”) hired Kvaerner as its Project Manager. Under the Project Management Agreement (“PMA”), Kvaerner was responsible for…

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3Cited by1 opinion

Ipsco Steel (Alabama), Inc., an Alabama Corporation Ipsco Construction, Inc., an Alabama Corporation Kvaerner U.S. Inc., a Delaware Corporation v. Blaine Construction Corporation, a Tennessee Corporation. Kvaerner U.S. Inc., Blaine Construction Corporation, a Tennessee Corporation v. Ipsco Construction, Inc., an Alabama Corporation Kvaerner U.S. Inc., a Delaware Corporation Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, a Massachusetts Corporation Marsh Usa, Inc., a Delaware Corporation F/k/a J & H Marsh & McLennan Inc. Liberty International Canada, a Division of Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, a Massachusetts Corporation. Kvaerner U.S. Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2004