Clapp Hill Road v. Illinois Union Insurance Company
- Ronnie Abrams
- 1:23-cv-03498
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Clapp Hill Road v. Illinois Union Insurance Company, Judge Abrams discontinued the settled-in-principle case without costs, allowing restoration within 30 days.
Clapp Hill Road and Illinois Union Insurance Company; the action was closed subject to the stated 30-day restoration procedure.
What happened
Clapp Hill Road v. Illinois Union Insurance Company was reported to have been settled in principle. The opinion does not describe the underlying insurance dispute or the settlement terms.
The court discontinued the action without costs to either party. The parties could ask to restore the case to the court’s docket within 30 days, and the Clerk of Court was directed to close the case.
Judge Ronnie Abrams also stated that any request for the court to retain authority to enforce a 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
- Clapp Hill Road v. Illinois Union Insurance Company · No. 1:23-cv-03498
- Ronnie Abrams
- May 3, 2024
Background
The court stated that it had been informed that Clapp Hill Road’s action against Illinois Union Insurance Company had been settled in principle. The opinion does not provide the dispute’s underlying facts or the terms of the proposed settlement.
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 a restoration request was made within 30 days. It stated that any request to reopen filed after that period could be denied solely because it was late.
The court further stated that, if the parties wanted the court to retain jurisdiction—meaning authority to enforce the settlement agreement—the settlement 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
This was a procedural order ending the action based on the reported settlement in principle; the court did not decide the underlying insurance dispute. Judge Ronnie Abrams entered the order on May 3, 2024.
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