Legal Opinion
American National Fire Insurance v. York County
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided August 5, 2009No. 08-2439PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
Class actions, by their very nature, can alter the usual dynamics of litigation and bring to bear on defendants and insurers alike intense pressure to settle. See, e.g., Waste Mgmt. Holdings, Inc. v. Mowbray, 208 F.3d 288, 293 (1st Cir.2000) (discussing situations in which “the grant of class status raises the stakes of the litigation so substantially that the defendant likely will feel irresistible pressure to settle”). Faced with such a situation, defendant-appellant American National Fire Insurance Company (ANFIC) attempted to have its cake and eat it too: it joined in…
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