Padilla v. LaFrance

joined by GONZALEZ, HIGHTOWER, HECHT, CORNYN, SPECTOR, and OWEN, Justices.

The primary issue presented is whether a series of letters between the parties’ representatives constituted a written settlement agreement enforceable under Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 11, even though plaintiffs withdrew their consent to the settlement before the letters were filed with the court and before judgment was rendered on the agreement. The court of appeals held that any agreement was unenforceable under Rule 11 because plaintiffs revoked consent before the letters were filed with the court. 875 S.W.2d 730.…