The Charter Oak Fire Insurance Company v. Pennsylvania Lumbermens Mutual…
The Charter Oak Fire Insurance Company v. Pennsylvania Lumbermens Mutual Insurance Company
- Vyskocil
- 1:24-cv-04644
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Charter Oak v. Pennsylvania Lumbermens, Judge Vyskocil discontinued the settled case, subject to restoration, and denied summary judgment as moot.
The Charter Oak Fire Insurance Company and Pennsylvania Lumbermens Mutual Insurance Company, the parties to the discontinued case.
What happened
The Charter Oak Fire Insurance Company sued Pennsylvania Lumbermens Mutual Insurance Company in federal court. The parties told the court they had reached a settlement in principle.
The court discontinued the case without costs and without prejudice to restoring it if the parties could not put their settlement in writing and applied to restore the case by October 17, 2025. If no application was made by that date, the dismissal would be with prejudice. The court also denied the pending summary-judgment motion as moot and postponed all other deadlines without setting new dates.
Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil ordered the clerk to terminate the relevant docket entries and close the case.
The detailed version
- The Charter Oak Fire Insurance Company v. Pennsylvania Lumbermens Mutual… · No. 1:24-cv-04644
- Vyskocil
- Aug. 18, 2025
Background
The parties informed the court that they had reached a settlement in principle. The opinion does not describe the underlying dispute or the settlement’s terms.
Rulings
The court ordered that the action be discontinued without costs to either party. The action could be restored to the court’s calendar if the parties were unable to put their settlement in writing and an application to restore the case was made by October 17, 2025. If no such application was made by that date, the dismissal would be with prejudice, meaning the action could not be revived through that restoration procedure.
The court also denied as moot the pending motion for summary judgment at docket entry 32. A motion is moot when the court no longer needs to decide it because circumstances have made the issue unnecessary. All other dates and deadlines were adjourned without a new date.
Case Status
The clerk was directed to terminate docket entries 32 and 41 and close the case. The order did not decide the merits of the underlying dispute; it resolved the action based on the parties’ settlement in principle and the stated restoration conditions.
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