Legal Opinion
Tanasi v. New Alliance Bank
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided May 14, 2015No. Docket No. 14-1389PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KATZMANN, Chief Judge:
Plaintiff Patrick Tanasi filed a putative class action against the defendants, First Niagara Financial Group, Inc. and New Alliance Bank. Soon after, the defendants offered to settle Tanasi’s individual claims pursuant to Rule 68 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (“Federal Rules”) for an amount greater than the statutory damages to which Tanasi would have been entitled if successful. After Tanasi refused to accept the offer, the defendants filed a motion to dismiss arguing, inter alia, that the unaccepted Rule 68 offer rendered Tanasi’s individual and putative…
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