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S.D.N.Y.Procedural orderFiled Feb. 8, 2024

Girotto v. Artemide Inc.

Judge
Vyskocil
Docket
1:23-cv-04736
Court
U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
Pages
1
Civil ProcedureContract
In one sentence

In Girotto v. Artemide, Judge Vyskocil discontinued the case after a settlement in principle, subject to restoration by March 8, 2024.

Who this affects

Luigi Girotto and the defendants, including Artemide Inc.; the action was discontinued after a settlement in principle, with a deadline to seek restoration if the settlement was not put in writing.

What happened

In Girotto v. Artemide Inc., the mediator informed the court that the parties had reached a settlement in principle. The opinion does not describe the underlying claims or the settlement’s terms.

The court discontinued the action without costs to any party. The case could be restored to the court’s calendar if the parties could not put their settlement in writing and requested restoration by March 8, 2024.

Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil ordered that if no restoration request was made by that date, the dismissal would be with prejudice, meaning the action could not be revived. The court did not decide the underlying claims.

The detailed version

For law students, journalists, and other readers who want the full reasoning

Case
Girotto v. Artemide Inc. · No. 1:23-cv-04736
Judge
Vyskocil
Date
Feb. 8, 2024

Background

The mediator informed the court that the parties had reached a settlement in principle. The opinion does not provide the underlying claims or the proposed settlement’s terms.

Ruling

The court ordered that the action be discontinued without costs to any party. The discontinuance was without prejudice to restoring the action to the court’s calendar if the parties were unable to memorialize their settlement in writing, provided that an application to restore the action was made by March 8, 2024.

The court further ordered that if no application to restore the action was made by March 8, 2024, the dismissal would be with prejudice. The court did not reach the merits of the parties’ underlying dispute.

The authoritative version

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