IPSCO STEEL (ALABAMA), INC., an Alabama Corporation; IPSCO Construction, Inc., an Alabama Corporation; Kvaerner U.S. Inc., a Delaware Corporation
v.
BLAINE CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION, a Tennessee Corporation. Kvaerner U.S. Inc., Appellant
Blaine Construction Corporation, a Tennessee Corporation
v.
IPSCO Construction, Inc., an Alabama Corporation; Kvaerner U.S. Inc., a Delaware Corporation; Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, a Massachusetts Corporation; Marsh USA, Inc., a Delaware Corporation f/k/a J & H Marsh & McLennan, Inc.; Liberty International Canada, a division of Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, a Massachusetts Corporation. Kvaerner U.S. Inc., Appellant.
United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued on Tuesday, April 20, 2004.
June 10, 2004.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Doty, Robert W., Ejzak, Richard A. (argued), Roman, Andrew M., Cohen & Grigsby, P.C., Pittsburgh, Rogers, E. Mabry, Bradley, Arant, Rose & White, LLP, Birmingham, for Appellant Kvaerner U.S. Inc.
Dingess, John R., Lund, Kenneth J., Saulnier, Brian F., Kirkpatrick & Lockhart LLP, Pittsburgh, Lucas, Kevin P., Williams, Robert J., Manion, McDonough & Lucas P.C., Pittsburgh, Harper, Steven J. (argued), Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Chicago, Landau, Christopher, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Washington, for Appellees IPSCO Steel (Alabama) Inc. and IPSCO Construction Inc.
Medved, George M., Pepper Hamilton LLP, Pittsburgh, Little, J. Ford, Noell, Robert P., Walton, Monty L., Woolf, McClane, Bright, Allen & Carpenter, PLLC, Knoxville, for Appellee Blaine Construction Corporation.
Long, Kevin M., Van Vugt, Eric J., Quarles & Brady LLP, Milwaukee, for Appellee Marsh USA, Inc.
Reed, Jonathan S., Smith, Sean K., Traub, Richard K., Traub, Eglin, Lieberman & Straus, Edison, Sherman, C. Leon, C. Leon Sherman & Associates, Pittsburgh, for Appellee Liberty Mutual Insurance Company.
Before SCIRICA, GARTH, and BRIGHT, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.
OPINION
GARTH, Circuit Judge.
The question which we must answer on this appeal is whether the District Court properly approved two settlement agreements among the litigants over the objection of one of the parties, Kvaerner U.S. Inc. ("Kvaerner"). Because we hold that the District Court did not err, we affirm.
I.
A. Kvaerner
This litigation arose from a $550 million project involving the construction of a steel plant in...
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