Louis Dreyfus Corp. v. Austin Co., Inc.

FARMER, Judge.

This appeal involves the scope and finality of an agreed order of release entered into by Appellant, Louis Dreyfus Corporation (Dreyfus) and Appellee, The Austin Company, Inc. (Austin Company). The lower court granted Austin Company’s motion to reconsider, entering summary judgment in its favor, after finding that the release was a final judgment from which no appeal was taken and that it “intended to settle any liability of [Austin Company] however it may have arisen out of the contracting transaction.” Dreyfus appeals from the trial court’s ruling contending that the order of…