Building Service 32BJ Health Fund v. LB&B Associates Inc.
- Ronnie Abrams
- 1:20-cv-10136
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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Building Service 32BJ Health Fund v. LB&B Associates, Judge Abrams, discontinued the action without costs and without prejudice to restoration within 60 days after a reported settlement.
The plaintiff and defendant are affected: the action was discontinued, with a 60-day period to seek restoration, and the Court set conditions for retaining jurisdiction to enforce any settlement agreement.
What happened
Building Service 32BJ Health Fund v. LB&B Associates involved a case the court was told had been settled in principle.
The court discontinued the action without costs to either party. The parties could ask to restore the case within 60 days, and any later request could be denied solely because it was late.
Judge Ronnie Abrams also adjourned the scheduled conference indefinitely. The court would retain authority to enforce the settlement only if its terms were made public and formally approved by the court within the same 60-day period.
The detailed version
- Building Service 32BJ Health Fund v. LB&B Associates Inc. · No. 1:20-cv-10136
- Ronnie Abrams
- Mar. 1, 2021
Background
The Court was informed that the parties had settled the case in principle. The opinion does not describe the underlying claims or the terms of the proposed settlement.
Disposition
Judge Ronnie Abrams ordered that the action be discontinued without costs to any party and without prejudice to restoring it to the Court’s docket if an application was made within 60 days. The order states that an application to reopen filed after that period may be denied solely because it was late.
The order also stated that, if the parties wanted the Court to retain jurisdiction to enforce a settlement agreement, they had to place the agreement’s terms on the public record and obtain the Court’s formal approval within the same 60-day period. The conference scheduled for March 19, 2021 was adjourned indefinitely.
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