Taveras v. Soojian, Incorporated
- Ronnie Abrams
- 1:22-cv-04439
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Taveras v. Soojian, Judge Abrams discontinued the action without prejudice while the parties finalized a settlement.
Isabel Taveras, Soojian, Incorporated, and the putative group of similarly situated persons identified in the complaint.
What happened
In Taveras v. Soojian, the court said the parties were finalizing a settlement agreement. The opinion does not describe the settlement’s terms.
The court discontinued the action without costs to either party and without prejudice to restoring it to the court’s docket. Any application to reopen the case had to be filed within 30 days of the order, and the court directed the clerk to close the case.
Judge Ronnie Abrams also said that any request for the court to retain authority to enforce the settlement had to place the settlement terms on the public record and receive the court’s approval within the same 30-day period.
The detailed version
- Taveras v. Soojian, Incorporated · No. 1:22-cv-04439
- Ronnie Abrams
- Sept. 9, 2022
Background
Isabel Taveras brought the action individually and on behalf of others described as similarly situated against Soojian, Incorporated. The court reported that the parties were in the process of finalizing a settlement agreement. The opinion does not provide the claims or the settlement’s terms.
Court’s Action
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. It stated that an application to reopen filed after that period could be denied solely because it was late. The court also said that, if the parties wanted it to retain authority to enforce a 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.
Disposition
The clerk was directed to close the case. This order discontinued the action while the parties finalized a settlement; it did not decide the underlying claims. Judge Ronnie Abrams entered the order on September 9, 2022.
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