Ohio Supreme Court· 9/10/1997

Rulli v. Fan Co.

Citations

79 Ohio St. 3d 374
683 N.E.2d 337

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

holding that the trial court erred in enforcing an ambiguous settlement agreement
Holding that a trial court must conduct an evidentiary hearing “[w]here the meaning of terms of a settlement agreement is disputed, or where there is a dispute that contests the existence of a settlement agreement”
explaining that courts should hold an evidentiary hearing when parties dispute a settlement agreement
reversing order enforcing settlement agreement that was read into the record when the parties later disputed its meaning
when parties dispute meaning of terms of settlement agreement or existence of settlement agreement, trial court must conduct evidentiary hearing before enforcing agreement
“To constitute a valid settlement agreement, the terms of the agreement must be reasonably certain and clear.”

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Judges: Cook, Douglas, Moyer, Pfeifer, Resnick, Stratton, Sweeney

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