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S.D.N.Y.Procedural orderFiled Nov. 24, 2021

Cruz v. Brooklyn Terrace, LLC

Judge
Stewart Aaron
Docket
1:21-cv-03842
Court
U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
Pages
2
Civil ProcedureContract
In one sentence

In Cruz v. Brooklyn Terrace, Judge Aaron finally approved the settlement, corrected the installment amount, and dismissed the action with prejudice.

Who this affects

Maria Cruz, Brooklyn Terrace, LLC, and Josh Teller are affected by the final approval and enforcement of the Settlement Agreement. The action was dismissed with prejudice, and the court retained jurisdiction to enforce that agreement.

What happened

In Cruz v. Brooklyn Terrace, LLC, the court had preliminarily approved the parties’ settlement and then received their signed Settlement Agreement. The opinion does not describe the underlying claims.

The court finally approved the settlement and specified that monthly installments under paragraph 6(a) must be $2,681.66. It dismissed the action with prejudice and without costs, except as provided in the Settlement Agreement.

Judge Stewart D. Aaron retained jurisdiction to enforce the Settlement Agreement and directed the Clerk of Court to close the case.

The detailed version

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

Case
Cruz v. Brooklyn Terrace, LLC · No. 1:21-cv-03842
Judge
Stewart Aaron
Date
Nov. 24, 2021

Background

On November 23, 2021, the court preliminarily approved the settlement in this action, pending submission of a fully executed Settlement Agreement. On November 24, 2021, the parties filed that agreement.

The court noted that its earlier order had directed the parties to correct a typographical error concerning the installment amount in paragraph 6(a). The parties did not make that correction in the filed agreement.

Ruling

The court finally approved the settlement, specifying that the monthly installments due under paragraph 6(a) must be $2,681.66. The court stated that the action was dismissed with prejudice and without costs, except as provided in the Settlement Agreement. The court retained jurisdiction to enforce the Settlement Agreement and requested that the Clerk of Court close the case.

Effect

The order ended the action based on the approved settlement. The opinion does not state the underlying claims, the total settlement amount, or any additional settlement terms.

The authoritative version

Read the full 2-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.

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