Bohlen v. United States

FINAL OPINION

MILLS, District Judge.

Courts universally look upon settlements with great favor and encourage their use since it is a peaceable resolution of a dispute arrived at by mutual and voluntary agreement. The cases so holding are myriad.

But the settlement here—regrettably— cannot be enforced since one of the parties to the agreement was not cloaked with adequate authority to bind his client.

Plaintiff asks the Court to enforce a settlement agreement which Defendant denies ever existed. The underlying cause of action alleges a wrongful death resulting from a swine flue vaccine…