Eaton v. Mallinckrodt, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that a trial court may enforce a settlement agreement upon the motions and “oral argument” without accepting new evidence
• trial court determines whether to hold hearing before final judgment on motion to enforce settlement
• “A motion to enforce a settlement adds to the underlying case a collateral action seeking specific performance of the agreement.”
• hearing necessary to determine disputed facts and hear possible defenses

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).