KURZ v. PHILADELPHIA ELEC. CO.

Nos. 95-1795, 95-1796.

96 F.3d 1544 (1996)

Donald R. KURZ; William Anderson; James E.W. Beck; William T. Bergen; Charles W. Bowden; William H. Brown; Richard Cahill; Armando L. Capoferri; Robert C. Demarco; James J. Dilolle, Sr.; Vincent J. Dimaggio; John J. Divalentino, Jr.; William E. Drumel; Victor J. Gibialante; Francis T. Golden; James J. Granger; Elmer D. Greim, Jr.; James H. Hair; John M. Hoopes; Benjamin J. Kilian; George C. Linthicum; Hubert A. McKown, Jr.; Henry P. McNamee; Oliver K. Messner; Robert E. Miller; John A. Morse; Samuel J. Mullen; John A. Munley; Stanley B. Myers; John J. Nusspickel; James W. Patterson; Alfred B. Schumann; Joseph C. Sharkey; William H. Smoyer; Woodrow E. Snyder; James D. Sutliff; Edward J. Vetner; Dominic C. Viglianese; G. Earle Watt; Frederick W. Winterling; John R. Young v. PHILADELPHIA ELECTRIC COMPANY; Service Annuity Plan Of Philadelphia Electric Company; Charles L. Fritz; J.L. Everett, III, John H. Austin, Jr., John J. Divalentino, Jr., William E. Drumel; John A. Morse; Samuel J. Mullen; Stanely B. Myers; Dominic C. Viglianese; James J. Dilolle; Benjamin J. Kilian; Charles W. Bowden; Elmer D. Greim, Jr.; Frederick W. Winterling; James W. Beck; James H. Hair; Robert C. Demarco; Alfred G. Schumann; Richard Cahill; James W. Patterson; John M. Hoopes; Hubert A. McKown, Jr.; Robert E. Miller; James D. Sutliff; Henry P. McNamee; Francis T. Golden; William T. Bergen; George C. Linthicum; William W. Anderson: John R. Young; Vincent J. Dimaggio; Shields L. Daltroff; Richard O. Folkman; Alfred E. Stavola; Robert H.C. Less; Samuel E. Bell; Donald F. Washington; Frank J. Gallagher; Maurice M. Peitzman; Harry G. Turner, Jr.; Robert I. Friend; Donald C. Robinson; William J. Leaman, Jr.; Augustus W. O'Malley; Dallas S. Scott, Jr.; John S. Stillwagon; Robert C. Heckesser; William R. Travetti; William B. Horlock; James States; Thomas W. Rayer; John H. Vonrhine; Walter Allwoerden; George C. Wiedersum, Jr.; James R. McCarron; Salvator J. Destefano; John C. Garvin; A. William Lancaster; Joseph A. Focht; Robert Mitchell; Joseph P. Subranni; John F. Crawford; William G. Taylor; Kenneth R. Sedgley, Jr., Irwin G. Blackburn; Charles R. Carey; John R. Young; Jessee E. Gray, Jr.; James D. Derstine; Allen H. Braid; Paul L. Thomas; Stephen Micklosh, Jr.; William L. Gibbons; Russell B. Murray; Roland J. Markun; Ernest W. Beam; Raymond W. Scholl, Jr.; John F. Parker; Joseph F. McBride; Vincent S. Boyer; Martin M. Morgan and David Monzo, Appellants in 95-1795. Donald R. KURZ; William Anderson; James E.W. Beck; William T. Bergen; Charles W. Bowden; William H. Brown; Richard Cahill; Armando L. Capoferri; Robert C. Demarco; James J. Dilolle, Sr.; Vincent J. Dimaggio; John J. Divalentino, Jr.; William E. Drumel; Victor J. Gibialante; Francis T. Golden; James J. Granger; Elmer D. Greim, Jr.; James H. Hair; John M. Hoopes; Benjamin J. Kilian; George C. Linthicum; Hubert A. Mckown, Jr.; Henry P. Mcnamee; Oliver K. Messner; Robert E. Miller; John A. Morse; Samuel J. Mullen; John A. Munley; Stanley B. Myers; John J. Nusspickel; James W. Patterson; Alfred B. Schumann; Joseph C. Sharkey; William H. Smoyer; Woodrow E. Snyder; James D. Sutliff; Edward J. Vetner; Dominic C. Viglianese; G. Earle Watt; Frederick W. Winterling; John R. Young v. PHILADELPHIA ELECTRIC COMPANY; Service Annuity Plan of Philadelphia Electric Company; Charles L. Fritz; J.L. Everett, III; John H. Austin, Jr., PECo Energy Company, formerly Known as Philadelphia Electric Company, Service Annuity Plan of Philadelphia Electric Company, Charles L. Fritz, J.L. Everett, III and John H. Austin, Jr., Appellants in 95-1796.

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 95-1795 and for Cross-Appellees in 95-1796.

David H. Marion, David Zalesne, (argued), Howard J. Bashman, Montgomery, McCracken, Walker & Rhoads, Philadelphia, PA, for Appellees in 95-1795 for Cross-Appellants in 95-1796.

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


OPINION OF THE COURT

ROTH, Circuit Judge:

This appeal marks the second time this case has reached this court. In its first incarnation, Kurz v. Philadelphia Elec. Co., 994 F.2d 136 (3d Cir.) ("Kurz 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"). Applying the rule established...

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