Low v. Equifax Information Services, LLC
- Ronnie Abrams
- 1:20-cv-07385
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Low v. Equifax Information Services, Judge Abrams discontinued the settled-in-principle case without costs and without prejudice to timely restoration.
Mordechai Low and Equifax Information Services, LLC; the action was discontinued, subject to the stated 30-day procedure for seeking restoration.
What happened
In Low v. Equifax Information Services, the court was told that the parties had reached a settlement in principle and were finalizing their agreement.
The court discontinued the case without costs to either party. It allowed either side to ask to restore the case to the court’s docket within 30 days.
Judge Ronnie Abrams also stated that any request to reopen filed after 30 days could be denied solely because it was late. The order did not decide the underlying claims.
The detailed version
- Low v. Equifax Information Services, LLC · No. 1:20-cv-07385
- Ronnie Abrams
- Nov. 5, 2020
Background
The court was informed that Mordechai Low and Equifax Information Services, LLC had settled the case in principle and were finalizing a settlement agreement.
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 docket if an application to restore it was made within 30 days. The order states that any application to reopen filed after that period may be denied solely because it was filed late.
The court also stated that, if the parties wanted the court to retain jurisdiction to enforce their 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 opinion does not provide the settlement’s terms and does not resolve the underlying claims.
Disposition
The action was discontinued without costs and without prejudice to timely restoration. The order did not state that the case was dismissed with prejudice or without prejudice; it used the term “discontinued” and specified the 30-day restoration procedure.
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