Lisa Lockette, Pamela Lockette v. Greyhound Lines, Inc.

Pamela Lockette appeals the district court’s enforcement of a settlement agreement between Lockette and Greyhound Lines, Inc. Because we conclude that whatever authority Lockette’s attorney had to enter into a binding settlement agreement was revoked by Lockette prior to the consumation of settlement, we reverse.

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On October 28, 1984, Pamela Lockette and her sister, Lisa Lockette, were passengers on a Greyhound Bus that was involved in a collision near Mobile, Alabama. Initially, Lockette hired Ted Haik and Leon Minvielle to prosecute her claims against Greyhound. Lockette later discharged…