Haye v. Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company
- Ronnie Abrams
- 1:20-cv-02549-RA
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Haye v. Metro-North, Judge Abrams discontinued the settled case without costs, allowing restoration within 30 days.
Kirk Haye and Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company; the case was discontinued after the court was informed that it had settled.
What happened
In Haye v. Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company, the court was told that the parties had settled the case.
The opinion does not describe the underlying claims or the settlement’s terms.
Judge Ronnie Abrams discontinued the case without costs to either party and without prejudice to restoring it if an application was made within 30 days. The court directed the clerk to close the case.
The detailed version
- Haye v. Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company · No. 1:20-cv-02549-RA
- Ronnie Abrams
- Oct. 6, 2022
Background
The court stated that it had been informed that the case had settled. The opinion does not identify the settlement terms or discuss the underlying claims.
Order
The court ordered that the action be discontinued without costs to any party and without prejudice to restoring it to the court’s docket if an application to restore the action was made within 30 days. Any application to reopen filed after that period could be denied solely because it was late.
If the parties wanted the court to retain jurisdiction 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 also directed the clerk to close the case.
Read the full 1-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.