Galasso, Langione & Botter, LLP v. Galasso

In an action, inter alia, to recover damages for defamation, the defendant/third-party plaintiff appeals, as limited by his brief, from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Cozzens, Jr., J.), dated January 9, 2013, which denied his motion, in effect, to vacate a stipulation of settlement and two judgments imposing sanctions against him.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, with one bill of costs.

The Supreme Court properly denied that branch of the appellant’s motion which was, in effect, to vacate a stipulation of settlement entered into between the parties. Since, by…