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AMERICAN NATIONAL FIRE INS. CO. v. YORK COUNTY

No. 08-2439.

575 F.3d 112 (2009)

AMERICAN NATIONAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. YORK COUNTY, Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided August 5, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David D. Dowd, with whom Curley & Curley, P.C., Jeffrey T. Edwards, and Preti, Flaherty, Beliveau & Pachios, LLP were on brief, for appellant.

Thomas C. Newman, with whom Nicole L. Bradick and Murray, Plumb & Murray were on brief, for appellee.

Before HOWARD, SELYA and EBEL, Circuit Judges.

SELYA, Circuit Judge.

Class actions, by their very nature, can alter the usual dynamics of litigation and bring to bear on defendants and insurers alike intense pressure to settle. See, e.g., Waste Mgmt. Holdings, Inc. v. Mowbray, 208 F.3d 288, 293 (1st Cir.2000) (discussing situations in which "the grant of class status raises the stakes of the litigation so substantially that the defendant likely will feel irresistible pressure...

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