The Appellate Division reversed the motion court and granted defendant's motion to enforce the settlement agreement. The emails between the parties' counsels counsel sufficiently set forth an enforceable agreement to settle plaintiffs' claims, and plaintiff's counsel, who had authority to bind the plaintiff, accepted the defendant's offer..
Practice point: Counsel typed his name at the end of the email accepting defendants' offer, which satisfied CPLR 2104's requirement that settlement agreements be in a writing subscribed by the party or the party's attorney.
Case: Jimenez v. Yanne, NY Slip Op 05677 (1st Dep't July 13, 2017)
Here is the decision.
Tomorrow's issue: An alleged breach of the employer's fiduciary duty.
