Opinion · Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Nolfi v. Chrysler Corp.

324 F.2d 373

Type
Opinion
Court
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1963-11-07
Topic
general

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  • denial of consolidation was nonappealable

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NOLFI v. CHRYSLER CORPORATION,324 F.2d 373(3rd Cir. 1963)
Elissa NOLFI, a minor, by Philomena Nolfi Mangine, her guardian and
Philomena Nolfi Mangine, in her own right, and Richard Reading,
Plaintiffs, v. CHRYSLER CORPORATION, a corporation, Defendant and
Third-Party Plaintiff, v. Mary DUCSAY, formerly Mary Drain, and Alex
Drain, and Mt. Lebanon Motors, Inc., a Pennsylvania Corp., Third-Party
Defendants. Mary DUCSAY, formerly Mary Drain, and Alex Drain, Individuals,
Plaintiffs, v. CHRYSLER CORPORATION, a corporation, Defendant and
Third-Party Plaintiff, v. MT. LEBANON MOTORS, INC., a Pennsylvania
Corporation, Third-Party Defendant. Mt. Lebanon Motors, Inc., Appellant.
No. 14409.
United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.
Argued October 24, 1963.
Decided November 7, 1963.
Page 374
Before STALEY and GANEY, Circuit Judges, and NEALON, District Judge.
PER CURIAM.
Mt. Lebanon Motors, Inc., a third-party defendant in two separate civil actions arising out of the same automobile accident, has appealed from an order of the district court denying its motion to consolidate the actions. The appeal must be dismissed, for the order denying consolidation is clearly interlocutory in character, see Travelers Indemnity Co. v. Miller Mfg. Co.,276 F.2d 955(C.A. 6, 1960); Skirvin v. Mesta,141 F.2d 668, 671-672 (C.A. 10, 1944); 5 Moore's Federal Practice 1204, and is not within that class of interlocutory orders made appealable by28 U.S.C. § 1292. Nor does the instant order involve rights so separable from and collateral to rights asserted in the principal actions as to make it appealable under the doctrine of Cohen v. Beneficial Industrial Loan Corp.,337 U.S. 541, 69 S.Ct. 1221, 93 L.Ed. 1528 (1949). Compare, McAlister v. Guterma,263 F.2d 65(C.A.2, 1958).

The appeal will be dismissed.