Legal Opinion
Mitchell v. LYONS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, INC.
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided July 12, 2010No. 09 Civ. 1587(BMC)PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM DECISION AND ORDER
COGAN, District Judge.
The issue before the Court is whether the vacatur of a default judgment against one defendant requires vacatur of the judgment against another defaulting defendant because the judgment is no longer final. The Court holds that Fed.R.Civ.P. 54(b) may appropriately be used in this circumstance to avoid vacating the judgment in its entirety.
BACKGROUND
The four female plaintiffs brought this employment discrimination action under federal, state, and local law against their former employer, Lyons Professional Services, Inc. (“Lyons”). In addition to…
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