Reid v. C & S Realty Management, LLC

In an action, inter alia, to recover damages for breach of the implied warranty of habitability, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Spodek, J.), dated February 10, 2011, which denied his motion, among other things, to vacate a stipulation of settlement entered into on June 18, 2010.

Ordered the order is affirmed, with costs.

“Stipulations of settlement are favored by the courts and not lightly cast aside . . . Only where there is cause sufficient to invalidate a contract, such as fraud, collusion, mistake or accident, will a party be relieved from the…