Legal Opinion
Vlassis v. Corines
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided February 23, 1998PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
In an action to recover damages for medical malpractice, the defendant appeals from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Durante, J.), dated December 5, 1996, as denied his motion to vacate a stipulation discontinuing an earlier action between the same parties bearing Queens County Index Number 24218/94.
Ordered that the order dated December 5, 1996, is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.
*610Stipulations of settlement are judicially favored and should not be lightly cast aside (see, Hallock v State of New York, 64 NY2d 224). CPLR 2104 provides, inter alia, that a…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Hallock v. StateNew York Court of Appeals · 1984
- Muollo v. Crestwood Village, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1987
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