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Kevin J. Patten, et al. v. Travis S. Sweigart
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, No. 23-2397 · judgment July 29, 2024
Before the decision, modestly above the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a Third Circuit decision below and a circuit split argued in the petition.
Question presented
Whether the Third Circuit’s imposition of a categorical rule against bifurcation of trials involving catastrophic injuries violates the letter and spirit of Fed.R.Civ.P.42, conflicts with decisions from other circuit courts and shields bifurcation decisions from meaningful appellate review?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Maureen Murphy McBride
Lamb McErlane, PC
For respondent
Harold I. Goodman
Raynes & Lawn
Case
Subject area
Judicial Power (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Order
Order list, January 13, 2025 · Certiorari denied
Proceedings
- Jan 13 2025Petition DENIED.
- Dec 04 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/10/2025.
- Nov 29 2024Waiver of right of respondent Travis S. Sweigart to respond filed.
- Nov 25 2024Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 27, 2024)