Herceg v. Tourneau LLC
- Ronnie Abrams
- 1:24-cv-02614
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Herceg v. Tourneau LLC, Judge Abrams discontinued the settled-in-principle case without costs, allowing restoration within 30 days.
Samantha Herceg and Tourneau LLC; the case was closed after the parties reported a settlement in principle, subject to the order’s 30-day conditions.
What happened
Samantha Herceg’s case against Tourneau LLC was reported to the court as settled in principle. The opinion does not describe the underlying dispute or decide its merits.
The court discontinued the action without costs to either party and without prejudice to restoring it if an application was made within 30 days. The Clerk of Court was directed to close the case. The court also stated that any request for it to retain authority to enforce a settlement required placing the settlement terms on the public record and obtaining the court’s approval within that period.
Judge Ronnie Abrams issued the order on June 13, 2025. The order allows a later restoration request within 30 days but states that a later request may be denied solely because it was filed late.
The detailed version
- Herceg v. Tourneau LLC · No. 1:24-cv-02614
- Ronnie Abrams
- June 13, 2025
Background
The court was informed that Samantha Herceg’s action against Tourneau LLC had been settled in principle. The opinion does not state 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. It stated that any application to reopen filed after that period may 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 agreement’s 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.
Disposition
Judge Ronnie Abrams discontinued the action and directed that the case be closed, subject to the stated 30-day restoration and settlement-enforcement conditions. The order did not decide the merits of the underlying dispute.
Read the full 1-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.