Avena v. Ford Motor Co.

*150OPINION OF THE COURT

Silverman, J.

These are appeals from orders of Special Term of the Supreme Court denying court approval of a proposed compromise (107 Misc 2d 444) and discontinuance of a purported class action suit by settlement of the individual claims of the named plaintiffs and discontinuance of the class action aspects of the case without prejudice to the claims of other members of the class, but without notice to them.

Although the defendant has answered, no application has been made for an order to determine whether the action is to be maintained as a class action and for…