Angeles v. New Pig Corporation
- Ronnie Abrams
- 1:21-cv-01135
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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Judge Abrams discontinued Angeles v. New Pig Corporation after a contingent settlement, allowing restoration within 60 days.
Jenisa Angeles and New Pig Corporation. The order also concerns the action brought on behalf of others similarly situated, but it does not identify or describe those individuals.
What happened
In Angeles v. New Pig Corporation, the parties told the court that they had settled the case, subject to signing a written settlement agreement.
The court did not describe or approve the settlement terms. It ended the action without charging costs to either party, while allowing a request to restore the case to the court’s docket within 60 days.
Judge Ronnie Abrams also stated that any request to reopen filed after 60 days could be denied for that reason alone. The court could retain authority to enforce the settlement only if its terms were made public and formally approved within that period.
The detailed version
- Angeles v. New Pig Corporation · No. 1:21-cv-01135
- Ronnie Abrams
- Apr. 16, 2021
Background Jenisa Angeles brought the action on behalf of herself and all others similarly situated against New Pig Corporation. The opinion states that the parties informed the court that they had settled the action, contingent on executing a written settlement agreement. It does not provide the claims, settlement terms, or any additional information about the proposed group.
Court’s action The court ordered that the action was 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 60 days. In this context, the order allowed the case to be brought back to the docket during that period; it did not state that the court approved the settlement itself.
Settlement enforcement The court stated that any application to reopen the action had to be filed within 60 days of the order, and that an application filed later could be denied solely because it was late. The court further stated that, if the parties wanted it to retain jurisdiction to enforce the settlement agreement, the agreement’s terms had to be placed on the public record and formally approved by the court within the same 60-day period.
Judge Judge Ronnie Abrams signed the order on April 16, 2021.
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