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S.D.N.Y.Procedural orderFiled Aug. 31, 2020

Girotto v. Maura's Kitchen Inc.

Judge
Vyskocil
Docket
1:19-cv-10887
Court
U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
Pages
1
Civil Procedure
In one sentence

In Girotto v. Maura’s Kitchen, Judge Vyskocil discontinued the settled case, allowing restoration by October 30, 2020, or making dismissal permanent after that date.

Who this affects

Luigi Girotto, Maura's Kitchen Inc., and Growan Properties, LLC.

What happened

In Girotto v. Maura’s Kitchen Inc., the parties reported that they had settled the case involving Luigi Girotto and Maura’s Kitchen Inc. and Growan Properties, LLC.

The court discontinued the case without costs to any party and allowed either side to ask to restore it to the court’s calendar by October 30, 2020. If no such request was made by that date, the dismissal would be with prejudice.

Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil entered the order on August 31, 2020. The order did not decide the parties’ underlying claims.

The detailed version

For law students, journalists, and other readers who want the full reasoning

Case
Girotto v. Maura's Kitchen Inc. · No. 1:19-cv-10887
Judge
Vyskocil
Date
Aug. 31, 2020

Background

The opinion states that the parties reported settling the case. The listed defendants were Maura's Kitchen Inc., doing business as Maura's Kitchen, and Growan Properties, LLC.

Ruling

The court ordered that the action be discontinued without costs to any party and without prejudice to restoring the action to the court’s calendar if an application to restore it was made by October 30, 2020. The order further states that if no such application was made by that date, the dismissal would be with prejudice, meaning the action could not be restored through that procedure.

Effect

The order ended the case based on the reported settlement and did not resolve the underlying claims on their merits. Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil signed the order on August 31, 2020.

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