CORLEY v. LONG-LEWIS, INC.

No. 18-10474.

965 F.3d 1222 (2020)

Myra CORLEY, Charles Corley, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. LONG-LEWIS, INC., individually and as successor to Burrell Corp., f.k.a. Lewis Hardware Co.; Birmingham Rubber and Gasket Co., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

July 16, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Grover Patterson Keahey, Jr. , Law Office G. Patterson Kehey, Birmingham, AL, James Arthur Butts , John D. Saxon, PC, Birmingham, AL, Nathan David Finch , Motley Rice, LLC, Washington, DC, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Robert W. Heath , Porterfield Harper , Mills Motlow & Ireland, PA, Birmingham, AL, Laurie J. Hepler , Greines Martin , Stein & Richland, LLP, San Francisco, CA, for Defendant-Appellee Warren Pumps, LLC.

Nicole Mapp Hardee , James Addison Harris, II , Harris & Harris, Birmingham, AL, for Defendant-Appellee CBS Corporation.

Edward B. McDonough, Jr. , Law Offices of Edward B. McDonough Jr., PC, Mobile, AL, for Defendant-Appellee Air & Liquid Systems Corporation Successor-by-merger to Buffalo Pumps, Inc.

Sarah Elizabeth Jones , Gay Jones & Kuhn, PLLC, Jackson, MS, Donald Crawford Partridge , Maron Marvel Bradley , Anderson & Tardy, LLC, Jackson, MS, for Defendant-Appellee General Electric.

Sarah Elizabeth Jones , Gay Jones & Kuhn, PLLC, Jackson, MS, for Defendant-Appellee Gardner Denver, Inc.

James Ford Little , Woolf MeClane , Bright Allen & Carpenter, PLLC, Knoxville, TN, for Defendant-Appellee Owens-Illinois, Inc.

Frederick G. Helmsing, Jr. , McDowell Knight , Roedder &, Sledge, LLC, Mobile, AL for Defendant-Appellee IMO Industries, Inc.

Charles Paul Cavender , Allan R. Wheeler , Burr & Forman, LLP, Birmingham, AL, for Defendant-Appellee FMC Corporation.

Nicholas P. Van , Michael James Ross , K&L Gates, LLP, Pittsburgh, PA, Timothy A. Clarke , Vickers Riis Murray & Curran, LLC, Mobile, AL, for Defendant-Appellee Crane Co.

Timothy A. Clarke , Vickers Riis Murray & Curran, LLC, Mobile, AL, for Defendant-Appellee Foster Wheeler Corporation.

Walter T. Gilmer, Jr. , McDowell Knight , Roedder & Sledge, LLC, Mobile, AL, for Defendant-Appellee Crown Cork & Seal Co., Inc.

Michael A. Vercher , Christian & Small, LLP, Birmingham, AL, for Defendant-Appellee Metropolitan Life Insurance Company.

Schuyler Allen Baker, Jr. , Jenelle R. Evans , Julian H. Smith, III , Balch & Bingham, LLP, Birmingham, AL, Richard M. Crump , Maron Marvel Bradley Anderson & Tardy, LLC, Jackson, MS, Suzanne Alldredge Fleming , Brooke G. Malcom , William Larkin Radney , Lightfoot Franklin & White, LLC, Birmingham, AL, Edwin S. Gault, Jr. , James Gordon House, III , Forman Watkins & Krutz, LLP, Jackson, MS, Allan R. Wheeler , Burr & Forman, LLP, Birmingham, AL, Anthony C. Harlow , Burr & Forman, LLP, Birmingham, AL, Erik E. Harris , Allstate Insurance Company, Birmingham, AL, Anne Laurie McClurkin , The Kullman Firm, PLC, MOBILE, AL, William Thomas Mills, II , Porterfield Harper Mills Motlow & Ireland, PA, Birmingham, AL, Edwin Bryan Nichols , Walding, LLC, Birmingham, AL, Frank Grey Redditt, Jr. , Maynard Cooper & Gale, PC, Mobile, AL, James A. Wyatt, III , Parsons Lee & Juliano, PC, Binningham, AL, for Service.

Before WILLIAM PRYOR, Chief Judge, JILL PRYOR and LUCK, Circuit Judges.


This appeal requires us to resolve three difficult questions of appellate jurisdiction before deciding a single issue on the merits. The jurisdictional issues are (1) whether an order granting a voluntary dismissal without prejudice, Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(a)(2), is a "final decision[]," 28 U.S.C. § 1291; (2) whether...

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