Reed Elsevier, Inc. v. Carter

{¶ 1} Julius L. Carter, Company, LPA ("the law firm") appeals from a judgment of the Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas, which dismissed the action of Reed Elsevier (dba LexisNexis) against the law firm and Julius Carter, individually, after the law firm paid an agreed-upon settlement amount. The law firm claims *1215 that the settlement agreement, which the trial court required Carter to sign on behalf of the law firm, did not accurately reflect the orally-stated settlement between the parties, and that the trial court erred in requiring Carter to sign Reed Elsevier's written settlement…