Isaias v. Fischoff

Order, Supreme Court, New York County, entered on May 24, 1971, confirming a claimed stipulation of settlement and directing execution of the settlement, unanimously reversed, on the law and the facts and in the exercise of discretion, without costs and without disbursements, and the application of Ungar denied. In these four actions for the foreclosure of a mortgage and other related relief and for defamation, there were settlement negotiations. The court, relying on his own interpretation and recollection of what had occurred before him, believed that a settlement had been agreed upon. He…