United States Third Circuit

Judgment for defendant in a contract action involving defendant's alleged assumption of liability from a purchase of corporate assets is affirmed where defendant did not assume contractual liability to plaintiff under any of the exceptions to the traditional corporate rule of successor nonliability.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/31/2006
• Published 01/31/2006

Judges

• ALITO, Circuit Judge., Before ALITO, AMBRO, and LOURIE, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Third Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• John J. Soroko (Argued), Patrick J. Loftus, James H. Steigerwald, Duane Morris LLP, Philadelphia, PA, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Michael O. Adelman (Argued), Michael P. Daly, Kathryn E. Bisordi, Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, Philadelphia, PA, for Appellees SP Industries, Inc.