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S.D.N.Y.Procedural orderFiled Mar. 27, 2025

A & M Warshaw Plumbing & Heating, Inc. v. Mount Vernon Fire Insurance Company

Judge
Ronnie Abrams
Docket
1:24-cv-05430
Court
U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
Pages
1
Civil ProcedureContract
In one sentence

In A & M Warshaw Plumbing v. Mount Vernon Fire Insurance, Judge Abrams discontinued the case after being told it had settled in principle.

Who this affects

The two plaintiffs, A & M Warshaw Plumbing & Heating, Inc. and A & M Warshaw Services LLC d/b/a A&M Warshaw Fire Protection, and defendant Mount Vernon Fire Insurance Company; the case was closed after the reported settlement in principle.

What happened

A & M Warshaw Plumbing & Heating, Inc. v. Mount Vernon Fire Insurance Company involved two plaintiffs and Mount Vernon Fire Insurance Company. The court was told that the case had settled in principle.

The court did not decide the underlying dispute. It discontinued the action without costs to any party and without prejudice to restoring it to the court’s docket if an application was made within 30 days.

Judge Ronnie Abrams also directed the Clerk of Court to close the case. Any request for the court to retain jurisdiction to enforce a settlement had to place the settlement terms on the public record and obtain the court’s approval within the same 30-day period.

The detailed version

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Case
A & M Warshaw Plumbing & Heating, Inc. v. Mount Vernon Fire Insurance Company · No. 1:24-cv-05430
Judge
Ronnie Abrams
Date
Mar. 27, 2025

Background

The opinion states that the court was informed that the case had settled in principle. It does not describe the underlying claims or the settlement’s terms.

Court’s action

The court ordered that the action be discontinued without costs to any party and without prejudice to restoring the action to the court’s docket if an application to restore it was made within 30 days. The order warned that an application filed after that period might be denied solely because it was late.

The court further stated that, if the parties wanted the court to retain jurisdiction—the authority to enforce the settlement agreement—the settlement terms had to be placed on the public record and approved by the court within the same 30-day period. The Clerk of Court was directed to close the case. Judge Ronnie Abrams signed the order on March 27, 2025.

The authoritative version

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