Quality Ceramic Tile & Marble Co. v. Cherry Valley Ltd. Partnership

In an action to recover damages for breach of contract, the defendant Harold Parker appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Ain, J.), dated October 31, 1997, which denied his motion to vacate a judgment of the same court dated July 29, 1997, entered on the parties’ stipulation of settlement, in favor of the plaintiff and against him in the principal sum of $15,000.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

Stipulations of settlement are favored by the courts and are not lightly set aside. A stipulation of settlement, particularly one made in open court, is to be…