Kinnett v. Corporate Document Solutions, Inc.

Citations

• 2019 Ohio 2025

Syllabus

CONTRACTS — SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT: Where conflicting testimony on whether there was an offer and an acceptance of a settlement agreement was resolved by the trial court on witness credibility testimony and email correspondence between the parties' counsel supported the trial court's factual finding that plaintiff's counsel had acted with the authority of his client to renew the terms of a settlement agreement and the essential terms of the settlement agreement—the price of settlement to be paid by defendant company and its owners to plaintiff and plaintiff's release of defendants from liability—were established, the trial court did not err in granting defendants' motion to enforce the settlement agreement.