Homayouni v. Paribas

I would affirm the granting of partial summary judgment to the plaintiff.

The agreement between these parties is limited to the terms expressed in the final letter sent by defendant’s counsel, which unambiguously stated that defendant would pay plaintiff’s “reasonable legal expenses * * * in pressing her claim against Morgan Manhattan [Morgan]”, which had allegedly lost or damaged certain of plaintiffs belongings during her move to Paris to commence employment with defendant. The IAS Court properly found that parol evidence was inadmissible, since the agreement set forth in the letter, albeit…