United States Third Circuit

In an action alleging that defendants placed plaintiff's son in harm's way by failing to disclose the violent history of a boy that plaintiffs adopted, who then assaulted their son, the district court erred in ruling that it could not resolve whether to enforce the parties' high-low settlement agreement or the jury's verdict in favor of plaintiffs, where: 1) the case had not been dismissed, nor had the jury's verdict been marked satisfied; 2) the case should have remained with the district court; and 3) ancillary jurisdiction exists for post-judgment proceedings related to the enforcement of the judgment and the district court had jurisdiction to decide whether or not to enforce the parties' settlement agreement.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/20/2014
• Published 05/20/2014

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• FUENTES

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• United States Third Circuit

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