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S.D.N.Y.Procedural orderFiled July 8, 2021

Greater New York Mutual Insurance Company v. Federal Insurance Company

Judge
Vyskocil
Docket
1:20-cv-10072
Court
U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
Pages
1
Civil ProcedureInsurance
In one sentence

In Greater New York Mutual Insurance Company v. Federal Insurance Company, Judge Vyskocil discontinued the action after settlement in principle, subject to restoration by August 9, 2021.

Who this affects

Greater New York Mutual Insurance Company and Federal Insurance Company; the action was discontinued under the stated settlement-related conditions.

What happened

Greater New York Mutual Insurance Company v. Federal Insurance Company was discontinued after the court was told that the parties had reached a settlement in principle.

The action was dismissed without costs to either party and without prejudice to restoring it if the parties could not put their settlement into a written agreement and filed an application to restore the case by August 9, 2021.

Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil ordered that if no restoration application was filed by that date, the dismissal would be with prejudice.

The detailed version

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Case
Greater New York Mutual Insurance Company v. Federal Insurance Company · No. 1:20-cv-10072
Judge
Vyskocil
Date
July 8, 2021

Background The court was informed by Magistrate Judge Cave that the parties had reached a settlement in principle. The opinion does not describe the underlying dispute or the settlement’s terms.

Ruling The court ordered that the action be discontinued without costs to any party. The discontinuance was without prejudice to restoring the action to the court’s calendar if the parties were unable to memorialize their settlement in an agreement, provided that an application to restore the action was made by August 9, 2021. The court further ordered that if no such application was made by that date, the dismissal would be with prejudice.

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