Legal Opinion
HAGAN ENGINEERING, INC. v. Mills
California Court of Appeal
Decided January 29, 2003No. C038678PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
MORRISON, J.
In this dispute about potato sizers, we must reverse because the trial court granted relief in a case which had been dismissed with prejudice pursuant to a settlement. Instead of moving to set aside the dismissal first, a party chose for economic reasons to move directly for enforcement of the settlement, although there was no case pending in which such a motion could be made. Now that party will have to try again to obtain a remedy for the purported settlement breaches. This case thus proves the adage: “Penny wise, pound foolish.” (Bartlett, Familiar Quotations (16th ed.…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- Harris v. BillingsCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1993
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