Bar OK Ranch, Co. v. Ehlert

¶ 1 Bar OK Ranch Company (Bar OK) filed a complaint against Vicki Ehlert (Ehlert) for breach of contract and trespass in relation to an agricultural lease agreement. Ehlert filed an answer, and later filed a motion to amend her answer, which was eventually denied. Following a settlement conference in March, 1999, Bar OK’s president, Ehlert, and Ehlert’s father, Tom Ford (Ford), a non-party to the action, entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) that settled the dispute and included a provision releasing the parties from all existing claims. However, disagreements between the parties…