United States Seventh Circuit

In a putative class action suit against administrators and insurers of a benefit fund alleging fraudulent marketing and administration of the fund, an appeal from settlement of the claims is dismissed since appellants are not parties to the litigation and are not bound by the settlement.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/29/2005
• Published 11/29/2005

Judges

• MANION, Circuit Judge., Before FLAUM, Chief Judge, and MANION and EVANS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• John J. Koresko, V (argued), Koresko & Associates, Bridgeport, PA, pro se.


• For Appellees:
  
• Clinton A. Krislov (argued), Krislov & Associates, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellees., Richard S. Order (argued), Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider, Hartford, CT, Lee T. Polk, Barnes & Thornburg, Chicago, IL, John I. Grossbart, Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal, Chicago, IL, Michael Resis, O'Hagan, Smith & Amundsen, Chicago, IL, Martin G. Durkin, Jr., Holland & Knight, Chicago, IL, Bruce Braverman, Sidley Austin Brown & Wood, Chicago, IL, Lynn H. Murray, Grippo & Elden, Chicago, IL, Steven A. Levy (argued), Goldberg, Kohn, Bell, Black, Rosenbloom & Moritz, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.