Legal Opinion
Bryan v. Erie County Office of Children & Youth
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided May 20, 2014No. 12-4623PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
FUENTES, Circuit Judge.
In the midst of trial in the District Court, the parties agreed to a high-low settlement. Regardless of the verdict, the Bryan family was to receive at least $900,000. And regardless of the verdict, defendants Cindy Baxter and Renie Skal-ko were to pay no more than $2.7 million. So when the jury returned an $8.6 million verdict for the Bryans, Baxter and Skalko tendered $2.7 million and asked the Bryans to end the action. The Bryans refused. They asserted that Baxter and Skalko had breached the settlement agreement’s confidentiality clause and thereby rendered…
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