Legal Opinion
Blix Street Records, Inc. v. Cassidy
California Court of Appeal
Decided December 21, 2010No. B219624PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
MOSK, J.
Appellants appeal from a judgment based on, inter aha, a determination that they were judicially estopped from denying that they were bound by a settlement agreement. We hold that even if the settlement agreement had not been binding, appellants were judicially estopped from denying the enforceability of that agreement because they represented to the trial court that the case had settled and the trial court discharged the jury in reliance on that representation.
FACTS
Eva Cassidy was a popular singer and songwriter who died in 1996. Her parents, respondents Hugh and Barbara…
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