Tapia v. Huaquechula Restaurant Corp.
- Andrew Krause
- 7:18-cv-10771-AEK
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Tapia v. Lira, Judge Krause approved the parties’ settlement and terminated three defendants from the action.
The settlement approval affects Andrea Tapia and the other plaintiffs, and it completes the matter only as to Fidel Lira, Mary E. Maloney, and New Killmallock, Inc.; the opinion does not identify the effect on other defendants.
What happened
In Andrea Tapia v. Fidel Lira, the parties changed their proposed settlement agreement as the court had previously directed.
The court reviewed the revised agreement under the legal standards for fair and reasonable settlements. The opinion says the settlement approval completed the matter only as to Fidel Lira, Mary E. Maloney, and New Killmallock, Inc.
Judge Andrew E. Krause approved the settlement and directed the clerk to terminate those three defendants from the action. The order does not say that the entire case was completed.
The detailed version
- Tapia v. Huaquechula Restaurant Corp. · No. 7:18-cv-10771-AEK
- Andrew Krause
- June 8, 2022
Background
The parties modified their proposed settlement agreement as directed in the court’s earlier orders. The opinion refers to those orders as ECF Nos. 108 and 121.
Ruling
The court approved the settlement agreement as fair and reasonable under the standards described in the opinion and in its prior order. The approval completed the matter only with respect to Fidel Lira, also known as Jesus Lira; Mary E. Maloney, also known as Mary Lira; and New Killmallock, Inc. The court directed the clerk to terminate those three defendants from the action. The order does not state that the claims against any other defendants were resolved.
Disposition
The settlement agreement was approved. Fidel Lira, Mary E. Maloney, and New Killmallock, Inc. were terminated from the action. A footnote states that Mary E. Maloney was sued as “Mary E. Moloney.”
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