United States Third Circuit

Class action plaintiff may participate in a class-action settlement despite his failure to comply with a registration deadline where he adequately pursued his claim in good faith and with reasonably timely efforts after learning of the settlement.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/16/2001
• Published 04/16/2001

Judges

• Before:  BECKER, Chief Judge, NYGAARD and AMBRO, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Third Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Brian S. Wolfman (Argued), Public Citizen Litigation Group, Washington, D.C., Counsel for Appellant., Robert E. Welsh, Jr. (Argued), Welsh & Recker, P.C., Philadelphia, PA, Counsel for Intervenor Robert E. Welsh, Jr.


• For Appellees:
  
• Richard I. Werder, Jr. (Argued), Deborah L. Hamilton, Jones Day Reavis & Pogue, Cleveland, OH, Counsel for Appellee AcroMed Corporation., Frederick S. Longer (Argued), Arnold Levin, Levin, Fishbein, Sedran & Berman, Philadelphia, PA, Counsel for Appellee Plaintiffs' Legal Committee.