Erie Indemnity Company, Petitioner v. Erie Insurance Exchange, By Troy Stephenson, Christina Stephenson, and Steven Barnett, Trustees ad Litem

23-434

October 14, 2025
3rd Circ. Vacates Injunction Over Erie Indemnity Fee Claims

A Pennsylvania federal court erred in preliminarily halting a state court action challenging Erie Indemnity Co.'s collection of a management fee, the Third Circuit ruled Tuesday, rejecting Erie Indemnity's position that two similar, now-dismissed lawsuits precluded the state court action from proceeding.
February 26, 2024
Justices Pass On Venue Fight In Erie Indemnity Fees Suit

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to review the Third Circuit's refusal to transfer a case challenging Erie Indemnity Co. management fees from state court back to federal court, preserving the lower court's precedential ruling that the matter does not qualify as a class action under the Class Action Fairness Act.
October 30, 2023
Erie Tells Justices Policyholders' Move Would Violate CAFA

Erie Indemnity Co. urged the Supreme Court to overturn a Third Circuit decision it said would let class action plaintiffs sidestep the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 and litigate in state court, slamming the plaintiffs' "post-removal dismiss-and-refile gambit to destroy federal jurisdiction."