Hancock v. Schwartz Vays
- Ronnie Abrams
- 1:22-cv-02016
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Hancock v. Schwartz Vays, Judge Abrams discontinued the settled case without prejudice to timely restoration.
Roxanne Hancock; defendants Schwartz Vays, Schwartz Vays NY, LLC, Axela Technologies, Inc., and John Does 1-25; and the people Hancock purported to represent.
What happened
In Hancock v. Schwartz Vays, Roxanne Hancock sued Schwartz Vays, Schwartz Vays NY, LLC, Axela Technologies, Inc., and John Does 1-25 on behalf of herself and others described as similarly situated. The court said the parties had reported reaching a settlement agreement.
The court discontinued the action without costs to any party. It allowed a request to restore the case to the court’s docket if filed within 30 days of the order.
Judge Ronnie Abrams also directed the Clerk of Court to close the case. The order did not state the settlement’s terms, and it said that any request for the court to retain authority to enforce the settlement had to place those terms on the public record and obtain the court’s approval within the same 30-day period.
The detailed version
- Hancock v. Schwartz Vays · No. 1:22-cv-02016
- Ronnie Abrams
- June 16, 2022
Background
Roxanne Hancock brought this action on behalf of herself and all others described in the complaint as similarly situated. The defendants were Schwartz Vays, Schwartz Vays NY, LLC, Axela Technologies, Inc., and John Does 1-25. The order states that the parties reported reaching an agreement to settle the case but does not describe the agreement’s terms.
Disposition
The court ordered that the action be 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 30 days. The court warned that an application filed after that period could be denied solely because it was late. The Clerk of Court was directed to close the case.
Settlement Enforcement
The court stated that, if the parties wanted it to retain authority to enforce the settlement agreement, the agreement’s terms had to be placed on the public record and approved by the court within the same 30-day period. Judge Ronnie Abrams signed the order on June 16, 2022.
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