International Longshoremen's Ass'n v. Fisher

International Longshoremen’s Association, Deep Sea Local 1408 (Appellant), one of the defendants in the trial court, appeals a non-final order granting the plaintiffs’/appellees’ motion to certify a settlement class. We have jurisdiction of such orders pursuant to Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.130(a)(3)(C)(vi) (providing for immediate appeal of order determining a class should be certified). However, Appellees contend that Appellant, a nonsettling defendant, lacks standing as a matter of law to appeal the order certifying the settlement class. See, e.g., Zupnick v. Fogel, 989 F.2d 93,…