Quezada v. Beam Suntory Inc.
- Vyskocil
- 1:22-cv-04521
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Quezada v. Beam Suntory, Judge Vyskocil dismissed the action after the parties reported a settlement in principle, allowing restoration by November 28, 2022.
Jose Quezada, Beam Suntory Inc., and the people Quezada sought to represent were affected by the conditional dismissal and restoration deadline.
What happened
Jose Quezada brought this action individually and on behalf of others similarly situated against Beam Suntory Inc. The court received Quezada’s letter reporting that the parties had reached a settlement in principle.
The court discontinued the action without costs to either party and without prejudice to restoring it to the court’s calendar if the parties could not put their settlement in writing. Any application to restore the action had to be made by November 28, 2022.
Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil ordered that, if no application to restore the action was made by that date, the dismissal would be with prejudice. The order did not decide the underlying claims.
The detailed version
- Quezada v. Beam Suntory Inc. · No. 1:22-cv-04521
- Vyskocil
- Oct. 27, 2022
Background
Jose Quezada sued Beam Suntory Inc., individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated. The opinion states that the parties informed the court that they had reached a settlement in principle. It does not describe 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 calendar. Restoration was permitted if the parties were unable to memorialize their settlement in writing and if an application to restore the action was made by November 28, 2022.
The order further stated that, if no application to restore the action was made by that date, the dismissal would be with prejudice. The court did not rule on the merits of the underlying claims or state that it approved the settlement.
Disposition
Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil entered the order of dismissal on October 27, 2022. The action was discontinued subject to the stated restoration deadline; if no timely restoration application was made, the dismissal would be with prejudice.
Read the full 1-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.