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HUBER v. TAYLOR

No. 05-1757.

469 F.3d 67 (2006)

Ronald L. HUBER; William J. Airgood; Anthony Defabbo; John Dinio; Ernest Gishnock; John Bidlenscik; Hilma Mullins; William Deem, Appellants v. Robert G. TAYLOR, II; Robert G. Taylor, II, P.C.; Cletus P. Ernster, III; George E. Cire, Jr.; Taylor & Cire; Taylor & Ernster PC; Robert A. Pritchard; Christopher Fitzgerald; Law Offices of Robert A. Pritchard; Pritchard Law Firm, PLLC; Joseph B. Cox, Jr.; Joseph B. Cox, Jr., Ltd.; Cox And Cox, L.L.P.; R.G. Taylor, II, P.C.; J. Robert Davis, Jr.; Taylor, Davis & Ernster, P.C.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Opinion Filed October 31, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samantha L. Southall, Esquire, Nicole Tuman, Esquire, Esther S. Trakinski, Esquire (Argued), Cohen Pope, New York, NY, Counsel for Appellants.

Howard M. Klein, Esquire, Stephen R. Weaver, Esquire, Jeannette M. Brian, Esquire, Conrad, O'Brien, Gellman & Rohn, Philadelphia, PA, Counsel for Appellees Robert G. Taylor, II, Robert G. Taylor, II, P.C. and R.G. Taylor, II, P.C.

William M. Wycoff, Esquire, J. Alexander Hershey, Esquire, Thorp, Reed & Armstrong, LLP, Pittsburgh, PA, Counsel for Appellees Ernster, Cire and Davis.

Kevin L. Colosimo, Esquire, Thorp, Reed & Armstrong, LLP, Pittsburgh, PA, Counsel for Appellees Pritchard, Fitzgerald, Law Offices of Robert A. Pritchard and Pritchard Law Firm, PLLC.

Thomas C. DeLorenzo, Esquire (Argued), Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin, Philadelphia, PA, Counsel for Appellees Joseph B. Cox, Jr. and Joseph B. Cox, Jr., Ltd.

Anita B. Weinstein, Esquire, Cozen O'Connor, Philadelphia, PA, Counsel for Appellee Cox and Cox L.L.P.

Before SCIRICA, Chief Judge, FUENTES and ROTH, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

ROTH, Cicuit Judge.

This case presents the ironic scenario of class action plaintiffs' attorneys who are being sued for breach of fiduciary duty and related counts by a putative class that the attorneys themselves formed for asbestos personal injury litigation. For the reasons stated below, we will vacate the District Court's grant of summary judgment to defendant attorneys and its denial of class certification, and remand this case for further proceedings...

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