Chilkoot Lumber Co. v. Rainbow Glacier Seafoods, Inc.

Today the court directs the superior court to enforce the original settlement agreement between Chilkoot and Rainbow. I agree with the court that the parties entered into an enforceable settlement agreement during the April 2005 hearing and that the absence of Rainbow’s signature on the settlement documents prepared later by Chilkoot’s counsel did not render the oral settlement agreement unenforceable.1 But because the statements and conduct of counsel for the parties at the June 2006 enforcement hearing could be viewed as evidence of a mutual agreement to rescind the original settlement…