Ackerman v. Sobol Family Partnership, LLP

Opinion

ZARELLA, J.

The principal issue in this consolidated appeal, 1 which arises out of a series of disputes 2 con- ceming the management and oversight of a family partnership and various family trusts, 3 is whether the plaintiffs’ attorney had apparent authority to make settlement proposals, engage in settlement discussions and bind the plaintiffs to a global settlement agreement with the defendants. 4 The plaintiffs claim that the trial court’s enforcement of a settlement agreement between the parties, based on a finding of apparent authority on the part of the plaintiffs’ attorney to bind…