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New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 11/10/2005

Jennings v. Reed

Citations

  • 885 A.2d 482
  • 381 N.J. Super. 217

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  • explaining that no formalization of a settlement on the record does not make it any less binding
  • noting that a party moving to set aside an agreement \has the burden of proving his incapacity or incompetence to contract or other extraordinary circumstance sufficient to vitiate the agreement\
  • stating that an agreement settling a lawsuit \is a contract like any other contract\
  • explaining that placing the terms of a settlement agreement on the record \is not a procedural requisite to either its validity or enforcement\ and \[t]here is no legal requirement that there be court approval\ of the agreement
  • noting duress, deception, fraud, undue pressure, unseemly conduct, incapacity, or incompetence may be grounds to vacate a settlement agreement
  • upholding settlement agreement where plaintiff “failed to prove [her husband] lacked either actual or apparent authority to consent to a settlement on his wife’s behalf.”

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Judges: Judges Lintner, Parrillo and Gilroy

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