Blackstone Ex Rel. Estate of Whitley v. Brink

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• articulating the finding of Dyer v. Bilaal, 983 A.2d 349, 358 (D.D.C. 2009), “that a confidentiality clause was not a material term in part because neither party mentioned confidentiality while negotiating or accepting the settlement”
• “[B]elated objections do not convince the Court that Plaintiff[ ] did not intend to be bound by the agreement.”
• “Terms may be deemed immaterial when the parties do not discuss them during negotiations, but rather only bring them up after-the-fact.”
• “In the context of settlement agreements, court[s] have found that the amount to be paid and the claimant’s release of liability are the material terms.”
• “[W]hile the general agreement to release Plaintiffs’ claims against Defendant . . . was a material element of the settlement agreement, the specific language of the release form was not.” (citation omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).