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· 12/20/1993

Shelton v. Bressant

Citations

  • 439 S.E.2d 833
  • 312 S.C. 183
  • 1993 S.C. LEXIS 233

How courts have described this case

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

  • stating that absent fraud or mistake, where an attorney of record for a party agrees to settle a case, the party cannot later rescind the settlement
  • reaffirming “the long standing rule that a client is bound by his attorney’s actions in the settlement of a case”
  • client bound by attorney’s actions in settlement of a case; acts of attorney are directly attributable to and binding upon client

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Judges: Chandler, Toal, Moore, Littlejohn, Finney

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