IN RE PRUDENTIAL INS. CO. AMERICA SALES LITIGATION

Nos. 97-5155, 97-5156, 97-5217 and 97-5312.

148 F.3d 283 (1998)

In re: THE PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA SALES PRACTICES LITIGATION. Richard P. KRELL, MDL transfer, N.D. Ohio, DNJ Civil Action No. 95-6062 v. PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA, Richard P. Krell, as well as Objectors Elizabeth Bajek, Amanda Bajek, Helen Bartsch, Mark Ciconte, Raymond Dolce, Margaret Dolice, Louise Duggan, Peter Duggan, Charles Duncan, Mary Howe, Mary Krell, William Morris, Diana Racer, Thomas Racer, Gweneth Reidel, The Estate of Carl J. Scalzo, Marie Scalzo, Terry Sligar, Alice Smith, Jerry Smith, and William Walton, Appellants at Nos. 97-5155/5156/5312. In re PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY AMERICA SALES PRACTICE LITIGATION AGENT ACTIONS. Richard Johnson, Intervenor-Plaintiff in District Court, Richard E. Johnson, Appellant at No. 97-5217.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided July 23, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael P. Malakoff (Argued), Malakoff, Doyle & Finberg, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, for Appellants Richard P. Krell, et al.

Lynde Selden, II, Lynde Selden Chartered, San Diego, California, for Appellant Richard E. Johnson.

Melvyn I. Weiss (Argued), Milberg, Weiss, Bershad, Hynes & Lerach, New York City, Allyn Z. Lite, Goldstein, Lite & DePalma, Newark, New Jersey, for Appellee George A. Zoller, Class Action Plaintiff Representative.

Reid L. Ashinoff (Argued), Michael H. Barr, Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal, New York City, for Appellees Prudential Insurance Company of America and Ron D. Barbaro.

Brian S. Wolfman (Argued), Alan B. Morrison, Public Citizen Litigation Group, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae-Appellant Public Citizen, Inc.

John J. Gibbons, Gibbons, Del Deo, Dolan, Griffinger & Vecchione, Newark, New Jersey, for Appellee Robert C. Winters.

Frederick B. Lacey, LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae, Newark, New Jersey, for Appellee Frances K. Beck, as Executrix of the Estate of Robert A. Beck.

Before: SCIRICA, ROTH and RENDELL, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

SCIRICA, Circuit Judge.

TABLE OF CONTENTS


OPINION OF THE COURT .............................................................................288

  I.  BACKGROUND AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY ..........................................................290
      A.  The Multi-State Life Insurance Task Force ..............................................290
      B.  The Federal Class Action ..............

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