Spektor v. The Travelers Home and Marine Insurance Company
- Ronnie Abrams
- 1:22-cv-04996
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Spektor v. The Travelers Home and Marine Insurance Company, Judge Abrams discontinued the settled case without costs and without prejudice to timely restoration.
Gregory Spektor and The Travelers Home and Marine Insurance Company; the case was closed after the reported settlement, subject to the order’s 30-day restoration and reopening requirements.
What happened
Gregory Spektor sued The Travelers Home and Marine Insurance Company in federal court. The opinion states that the Court was informed that the case had been settled.
The court discontinued the action without costs to either party and without prejudice to restoring it to the court’s docket. A request to restore or reopen the case had to be filed within 30 days of the order.
Judge Ronnie Abrams also stated that any settlement terms would have to be placed on the public record and approved by the court within that 30-day period for the court to retain authority to enforce the settlement. The Clerk was directed to close the case.
The detailed version
- Spektor v. The Travelers Home and Marine Insurance Company · No. 1:22-cv-04996
- Ronnie Abrams
- Apr. 21, 2023
Background
The opinion states that the Court was informed that the case had been settled. It does not describe the underlying claims or the settlement’s terms.
Order
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 further stated that any application to reopen the action had to be filed within 30 days of the order and that a later application could be denied solely because it was filed late.
The court added that, if the parties wanted the court 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. The Clerk of Court was directed to close the case.
Disposition
Judge Ronnie Abrams discontinued the action without costs and without prejudice to timely restoration, and directed the Clerk to close the case. The order did not decide the underlying legal claims.
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