NYU Langone Hospitals v. AmeriHealth Insurance Company of New Jersey
- Valerie Caproni
- 1:19-cv-02497
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In NYU Langone Hospitals v. AmeriHealth, Judge Caproni dismissed the settled case with prejudice, without costs, and closed it.
NYU Langone Hospitals and AmeriHealth Insurance Company of New Jersey; the case was closed, and any request to reopen or retain jurisdiction to enforce the settlement had to meet the order’s 30-day requirements.
What happened
NYU Langone Hospitals v. AmeriHealth Insurance Company of New Jersey followed court-ordered mediation. The mediator reported that the parties had reached an agreement in principle resolving all issues.
The court canceled scheduled conferences and other deadlines. It dismissed the case with prejudice and ordered that neither party receive costs or attorneys’ fees.
Judge Caproni directed the Clerk to close the case and terminate open motions. The parties could ask to reopen it within 30 days for good cause, and could ask the court to retain jurisdiction to enforce their settlement by submitting the agreement and a formal request within that period.
The detailed version
- NYU Langone Hospitals v. AmeriHealth Insurance Company of New Jersey · No. 1:19-cv-02497
- Valerie Caproni
- Dec. 27, 2019
Background
The court received a mediator’s final report stating that NYU Langone Hospitals and AmeriHealth Insurance Company of New Jersey had reached an agreement in principle resolving all issues after court-ordered mediation.
Court’s Actions
The court canceled all previously scheduled conferences and other deadlines. It dismissed the case with prejudice and without costs, including attorneys’ fees, to either party. The Clerk of Court was directed to terminate all open motions and close the case.
The order allowed the parties to apply to reopen the case within 30 days. Any such application had to show good cause for keeping the case open despite the settlement, and a late or unsupported request could be denied on that basis.
The court also explained that, if the parties wanted the court to retain jurisdiction to enforce their settlement agreement, they had to submit the agreement and request an order expressly retaining jurisdiction within the same 30-day period.
Disposition
The case was dismissed with prejudice, without costs or attorneys’ fees to either party, and closed. The opinion does not describe the settlement’s terms.
Read the full 2-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.