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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
Certiorari denied · January 13, 2025
Pre-decision estimate: 3% cert probability
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
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
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
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)