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deciding before relevant class certification decision that there was "little practical purpose in dismissing" the individual action because "if class certification is eventually denied, [the plaintiffs] will receive the benefit of American Pipe tolling and be able to refile individual claims" and, if it were granted, the plaintiffs could "'opt-out' under Rule 23(c)(B) and refile individual claims"
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CIVIL ACTION NO. 3:09-CV-0286
03-21-2012
Amanda McDavitt (Doc. 492), Dana Shumway (Doc. 777), Travis Lakey (Doc. 781), Amber Donnelly (Doc. 782), Calandra Hummell (Doc. 783), Ashley Sabanos (Doc. 784), Tristan Brennan (Doc. 785), Catherine Hughes (Doc. 786), Frank Mason (Doc. 787), Joseph Cordick (Doc. 788), Vanessa Klein (Doc. 789), Kermit Oliver (Doc. 790), Katheryn Turner (Doc. 791), Sonya Ormsby (Doc. 792), George Walton (Doc. 793), Susan Edwards (Doc. 794), Gary Smith (Doc. 795), Lois Andrews (Doc. 796), Carl Andrews (Doc. 797), James Davis, Sr. (Doc. 798), John McDermott (Doc. 799), Kathleen Evans (Doc. 800), Katelyn Fialko (Doc. 801), Mary Osterwell (Doc. 803), Carl Craig (Doc. 805), Matthew Daley (Doc. 806), William Daley (Doc. 807), Kevin Naylor (Doc. 808), Devon Hughes (Doc. 809), Ajanee Wright (Doc. 810), Daniel Yale (Doc. 811), Dee Dee Jones (Doc. 812), Frank Coyle (Doc. 813), Sandy Coyle (Doc. 814), Amy Centurione (Doc. 815), Jonathan Condry (Doc. 817), Lance Warnagiris (Doc. 819), Brian Shaffer (Doc. 820), David Hartranft (Doc. 821), Daniel David (Doc. 822), James Cebula, Jr. (Doc. 823), Jean Scott (Doc. 824), Joyce Prebula (Doc. 825), Plaintiffs, v. ROBERT J. POWELL, MICHAEL T. CONAHAN, MARK A. CIAVARELLA, PA CHILD CARE, LLC, WESTERN PA CHILD CARE LLC, ROBERT K. MERICLE, MERICLE CONSTRUCTION, INC., PINNACLE GROUP OF JUPITER, LLC, BEVERAGE MARKETING OF PA, INC., VISION HOLDINGS, LLC, MID ATLANTIC YOUTH SERVICES CORP, and PERSEUS HOUSE, INC. d/b/a ANDROMEDA HOUSE, Defendants.
(JUDGE CAPUTO)
ORDER
NOW, this 21st day of March, 2012, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Defendants' Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings (Doc. 969) is DENIED.
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A. Richard Caputo
United States District Judge