Legal Opinion
Katzen v. Twin Pines Fuel Corp.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided March 3, 2005PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*134Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Norma Ruiz, J.), entered November 11, 2003, which granted defendants’ motion for enforcement of the parties’ purported settlement agreement and for sanctions only to the extent of declaring the settlement agreement valid and binding and directing plaintiff to execute and deliver the requisite releases and stipulation of discontinuance, unanimously reversed, on the law, without costs, and defendants’ motion denied in all respects.
It is well settled that an attorney may not settle or compromise his or her client’s case in the absence of consent by the client…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Barrett v. . the Third Avenue R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1871
- Bonnette v. Long Island College HospitalNew York Court of Appeals · 2004
- Suslow v. RushAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1990
- Silver v. Parkdale Bake Shop, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1959
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