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S.D.N.Y.Procedural orderFiled Feb. 10, 2022

Liu v. Toyota Motor Credit Corporation

Judge
Vyskocil
Docket
1:21-cv-10692
Court
U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
Pages
1
Civil Procedure
In one sentence

In Liu v. Toyota Motor Credit Corporation, Judge Vyskocil conditionally discontinued the action against Trans Union and Experian after settlement in principle.

Who this affects

The order affected Yong Feng Liu, Trans Union LLC, and Experian Information Solutions, Inc. by conditionally discontinuing the action as to Trans Union and Experian. It did not state a disposition as to Toyota Motor Credit Corporation or Equifax Information Services LLC.

What happened

In Liu v. Toyota Motor Credit Corporation, the court received letters stating that the parties had reached a settlement in principle involving Trans Union LLC and Experian Information Solutions, Inc.

The court discontinued the action only as to those two defendants, without costs to any party. The case could be restored if the parties could not put their settlement in writing and an application to restore it was made by March 10, 2022.

Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil ordered that if no restoration application was made by that date, the dismissal as to those defendants would be with prejudice. The order did not discontinue the action as to Toyota Motor Credit Corporation or Equifax Information Services LLC.

The detailed version

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Case
Liu v. Toyota Motor Credit Corporation · No. 1:21-cv-10692
Judge
Vyskocil
Date
Feb. 10, 2022

Order

The court received separate letters from Trans Union LLC and Experian Information Solutions, Inc. stating that the parties had reached a settlement in principle.

Disposition

The court ordered that the action be discontinued only as to Trans Union LLC and Experian Information Solutions, Inc., without costs to any party and without prejudice to restoring the action to the court’s calendar if the parties were unable to memorialize the settlement in writing. Any application to restore the action had to be made by March 10, 2022. The order stated that if no such application was made by that date, the dismissal of the action as to those defendants would be with prejudice.

The order did not state a disposition as to Toyota Motor Credit Corporation or Equifax Information Services LLC. Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil signed the order on February 10, 2022.

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