267 F.3d 288 (3rd Cir. 2001)
ELIZABETH WERNER; JEFFREY R. ACKERMAN; MATTHEW W. WEISS, A MINOR, BY HIS PARENT, ELIZABETH WERNER; TIMOTHY F. BURKE, JR., IN HIS CAPACITIES AS EXECUTOR OF THE ESTATE OF ANNE L. WERNER AND AS TRUSTEE OF TRUSTS CREATED UNDER THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF ANNE L. WERNER, DECEASED; JEFFREY R. ACKERMAN, IN HIS CAPACITY AS TRUSTEE UNDER AGREEMENT OF TRUST FOR THE BENEFIT OF ELIZABETH WERNER, DATED DECEMBER 18, 1967; EDWARD A. POLLACK, ALL OF THE AFOREMENTIONED PLAINTIFFS INDIVIDUALLY AND DERIVATIVELY ON BEHALF OF WERNER HOLDING CO. (PA), INC., AND, INDIVIDUALLY BUT NOT DERIVATIVELY; ESTATE OF LEO L. WERNER, DECEASED, AND TRUSTS CREATED UNDER THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF LEO L. WERNER BY AND THROUGH THEIR INDIVIDUAL BENEFICIARIES, ELIZABETH WERNER, JEFFREY ACKERMAN AND MATTHEW WEISS, APPELLANTS
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ERIC J. WERNER; RICHARD L. WERNER; ROBERT I. WERNER; DONALD M. WERNER; HOWARD L. SOLOT; CRAIG R. WERNER; MARC L. WERNER; MICHAEL J. SOLOT; BRUCE D. WERNER; MICHAEL E. WERNER; BARBARA SCHWARTZ; MARSHA KARP; SHIRLEY W. RAUCH; GAIL RAUCH BLACKMAN; GAIL RAUCH BLACKMAN, AS CUSTODIAN FOR HEATHER BLACKMAN; HEATHER BLACKMAN; MARLENE T. KRANE; MARLENE T. KRANE, AS CUSTODIAN FOR JASON S. KRANE; JASON S. KRANE; DEBRA A. ROTHMAN; DEBRA A. ROTHMAN, AS CUSTODIAN FOR KEVIN MATTHEW ROTHMAN, FOR JOSHUA JAY ROTHMAN AND FOR JORDANA ROTHMAN; KEVIN MATTHEW ROTHMAN; JOSHUA JAY ROTHMAN; JORDANA ROTHMAN; NOEL BERK-RAUCH; NOEL BERK-RAUCH, AS CUSTODIAN FOR HANNAH BERK-RAUCH AND FOR ELI BERK- RAUCH;
HANNAH BERK-RAUCH; ELI BERK-RAUCH; MINDY ALTER; MINDY ALTER, AS CUSTODIAN FOR RAZIE DEVORA ALTER; RAZIE DEVORA ALTER; ELISE W. FROST; ELISE W. FROST, AS CUSTODIAN FOR MARC WILLIAM FROST, FOR JOSHUA HERBERT FROST AND FOR RACHEL ANNE FROST; MARC WILLIAM FROST; JOSHUA HERBERT FROST; RACHEL ANNE FROST; RONALD E. WERNER; MARC L. WERNER, AS CUSTODIAN FOR ASHLEY ELIZABETH WERNER AND FOR JEFFREY A. WERNER; ASHLEY ELIZABETH WERNER; JEFFREY A. WERNER; BEVERLY WERNER RYAN; BEVERLY WERNER RYAN, AS CUSTODIAN FOR SHANNON ROSE RYAN AND FOR ERIN JOY RYAN; SHANNON ROSE RYAN; ERIN JOY RYAN; RONI S. ROSATI; RONI S. ROSATI, AS CUSTODIAN FOR RYAN G. ROSATI AND FOR RICHMOND J. ROSATI; RYAN G. ROSATI; RICHMOND J. ROSATI; CRAIG R. WERNER, AS CUSTODIAN FOR KURT J. WERNER AND FOR KYLE WERNER; KURT J. WERNER; KYLE WERNER, BRUCE D. WERNER, HOWARD L. SOLOT AND ERIC J. WERNER, IN THEIR CAPACITY AS TRUSTEES FOR WERNER FAMILY TRUST; WERNER HOLDING CO. (PA), INC., A PENNSYLVANIA CORPORATION, APPELLEES
No. 99-3715
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT
Argued: May 1, 2001
Filed September 27, 2001
On Appeal From the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania District Judge: Hon. Robert J. Cindrich (D.C. No.: 98-CV-00503)[Copyrighted Material Omitted]
Richard W. Gladstone, II (Argued), Jill M. Szafranski, Lauren E. Lindh, Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, Llc, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, Counsel for Appellants
James S. Larrimer, Marcus & Shapira, 301 Grant Street One Oxford Centre, 35th Floor Pittsburgh, PA 15219, Robert E. Zimet (Argued), Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom Llp, Four Times