Nielsen v. Brocksmith

¶ 1 Linda Nielsen (Nielsen) appeals from an order of the Seventeenth Judicial District Court, Valley County, granting the motion to dismiss submitted by Margaret Brocksmith, the Estate of Charles H. Brocksmith, Brocksmith Land & Livestock Co., Kay I. Brocksmith Dore, and Margaret Lee Brocksmith Heins (the Brocksmiths). We affirm.

¶2 We address the following issue on appeal: Did the District Court properly dismiss a complaint filed to enforce a settlement agreement allegedly reached during a Rule 54, M.R.App.P., mediation when the appeal was pending?

I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

¶3 This…