FISCHER v. PHILADELPHIA ELEC. CO.

Nos. 95-1793, 95-1794.

96 F.3d 1533 (1996)

Herbert L. FISCHER; Floyd L. Adams; James W. Alfreds; John I. Arena; Earl T. Atkinson; William Auve; Thomas F. Beck; William J. Bono; William A. Burwell, Jr., Joseph C. Calabrese; Peter Carfagno; John B. Creighton; Ralph J. Dafermo, Sr.; Felix A. DeJoseph; Joseph A. Devito; John T. Dougherty; John J. Dowling; Anthony Falasca; Eugene Fink; Rita J. Gesualdo; Edwin Haines; Joseph T. Haley; Daniel J. Hefferan; Leo M. Hill; Robert J. Hoopes; Donald J. Hoy; Michael Hrynko; Donald Hughes; Carl M. Hunsicker; Neal Ireland; Walter D. Kraus; Charles E. Lindemuth; Robert F. Mahoney; Anthony D. Marchesani; Robert P.F. McCaron; Robert McCormick; Frank L. Mercadante; John P. Monaghan; David Monzo; John K. Moore; Joseph P. Moran; Mildred Pearl Morgan; Ralph E. Moyer; Herbert E. Mueller; James J. Nugent; Thomas E. Oetzel; Frank W. Persichetti, Sr.; Charles W. Plummer; Lewis Raibley; James J. Roddy; John J. Saunders; Louis F. Saunders; Nicholas J. Screnci; Joseph J. Semetti; John Steindl; William F. Thompson; Michael W. Trendler; Francis R. Tunney, Sr.; Herbert R. Walters; Richard S. Wilson; John H. Zimmer; Gerald A. Zimmerman v. PHILADELPHIA ELECTRIC COMPANY; Joseph F. Paquette, Jr.; Michael J. Crommie; Service Annuity Plan of Philadelphia Electric Company; Herbert L. Fischer, John B. Creighton, Francis R. Tunney, Sr.; Earl Atkinson, Leo M. Hill, Donald Hughes; Joseph P. Moran; Michael W. Trendler; John H. Zimmer; William Auve; John Steindl; Louis F. Saunders; Robert McCormick; William J. Bono; James J. Roddy; Rita J. Gesualdo; Ralph J. Dafermo, Sr.; Joseph C. Calabrese; James W. Alfreds; Felix A. DeJoseph; Eugene Fink; Joseph T. Haley; Walter D. Kraus; Charles W. Plummer; Robert P.F. McCarron; Richard S. Wilson; John P. Monaghan, Ralph E. Moyer; John J. Dowling; Joseph J. Semetti; Charles E. Lindemuth; Robert F. Mahoney; John K. Moore; James J. Nugent; John J. Saunders; Anthony Falasca; Daniel J. Hefferen; Nicholas J. Screnci; Thomas E. Oetzel; Donald J. Hoy; Floyd L. Adams, Thomas F. Beck; John T. Dougherty; William F. Thompson; Gerald A. Zimmerman; Herbert E. Mueller; Herbert R. Walters; Lewis Raibley; Joseph L. Giorgio; Joseph DeVito; David Monzo; Thomas J. Lee; Thomas B. Barnes, Jr.; Philip G. Mulligan; Robert L. Tomlinson; John R. Grimes; W.B. Willsey; William J. Moss; James T. Pryor; Robert J. Glenn; George C. Zapp; Joseph J. Della Vecchio; George V. Churach; Charles T. Reimel; Andrew J. Kelleher; George C. Hall; William P. Zackey; Francis W. Batipps; Harry C. Frymiare, Jr.; Joseph J. Greco; Richard R. Rowlands; Jesse P. Boyd; James D. Dennett; Vernon C. Readman, Jr.; Joseph L. Giorgio; Edward M. Haile; Eugene C. Schindler; John P. Swahl; Elmer E. Lucas; James L. Roush; James V. Lewis; Albert J. Rieger; Thomas J. Sheridan, Jr.; Dolores A. Romano; Helen J. Throckmorton; Robert E. Spross; William P. Rohlfing; Edward C. Kistner, Jr.; Harry W. Backhouse; James V. Mannion, Jr.; Joseph E. Bonaparte; William A. Brady, Jr.; Malcolm J. MacNeil; Manus J. Cooney; John J. Kuhns; Marlene Bell; Dean G. Bradford; James W. Bateman; James S. Herrick; Stanley W. Jacques, Jr.; Rudolph G. Della Vecchio; Alden F. Tucker & Bernard J. Dress, Appellants in 95-1793. Herbert L. FISCHER; Floyd L. Adams; James W. Alfreds; John I. Arena; Earl T. Atkinson; William Auve; Thomas F. Beck; William J. Bono; William A. Burwell, Jr.; Joseph C. Calabrese; Peter Carfagno; John B. Creighton; Ralph J. Dafermo, Sr.; Felix A. DeJoseph; Joseph A. DeVito; John T. Dougherty; John J. Dowling; Anthony Falasca; Eugene Fink; Rita J. Gesualdo; Edwin Haines; Joseph T. Haley; Daniel J. Hefferan; Leo M. Hill; Robert J. Hoopes; Donald J. Hoy; Michael Hrynko; Donald Hughes; Carl M. Hunsicker; Neal Ireland; Walter D. Kraus; Charles E. Lindemluth; Robert F. Mahoney; Anthony D. Marchesani; Robert P.F. McCarron; Robert McCormick; Frank L. MerCandante; John P. Monaghan; David Monzo; John K. Moore; Joseph P. Moran; Mildred Pearl Morgan; Ralph E. Moyer; Herbert E. Mueller; James J. Nugent; Thomas E. Oetzel; Frank W. Persichetti, Sr.; Charles W. Plummer; Lewis Raibley; James J. Roddy; John J. Saunders; Louis F. Saunders; Nicholas J. Screnci; Joseph J. Semetti; John Steindl; William F. Thompson; Michael W. Trendler; Francis R. Tunney, Sr.; Herbert R. Walters; Richard S. Wilson; John H. Zimmer; Gerald A. Zimmerman v. PHILADELPHIA ELECTRIC COMPANY; Joseph F. Paquette, Jr.; Michael J. Crommie; Service Annuity Plan of Philadelphia Electric Company; PECo Energy Company, formerly known as Philadelphia Electric Company, Joseph F. Paquette, Jr., Michael J. Crommie and Service Annuity Plan of Philadelphia Electric Company, Appellants in 95-1794.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided October 1, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald L. Wolf, Martina W. McLaughlin (argued) Litvin, Blumberg, Matusow & Young, Philadelphia, PA, for Appellants in 95-1793 and Cross-Appellees in 95-1794.

David H. Marion (argued in 95-1793 & 1794), David Zalesne, Howard J. Bashman, Montgomery, McCracken, Walker & Rhoads, Philadelphia, PA, for PECo Energy Co., f/k/a Philadelphia Electric Co.; Joseph F. Paquette, Jr.; Michael J. Crommie; and Service Annuity Plan of Philadelphia Electric Company Appellees in 95-1793 and Cross-Appellants in 95-1794.

Before: COWEN and ROTH, Circuit Judges and CINDRICH, District Judge.


OPINION OF THE COURT

ROTH, Circuit Judge:

In this appeal, we must review the application of a decision we reached when this case first came before us. In Fischer v. Philadelphia Elec. Co., 994 F.2d 130 (3d Cir.) ("Fischer I"), cert. denied, 510 U.S. 1020, 114 S.Ct. 622, 126 L.Ed.2d 586 (1993), we reversed the district court's grant of summary judgment to defendant Philadelphia Electric Co. ("PECo"),...

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