Golden v. California Emergency Physicians Medical Group, 896 F.3d 1018 (2018) Golden, an emergency room physician, was fired by his employer – CEP. He sued claiming that the firing was motivated by race. Shortly before trial was set to begin, Golden and CEP settled and placed their settlement on the record.Apparently the attorneys had reduced … Continue reading 9th Circuit Reverses Order Enforcing Settlement Agreement that Imposed Restraint of Trade
Is a Settlement That Provides for Entry of a Stipulated Judgment if a Reduced Settlement Amount is Not Paid Void as a Penalty
These two cases, Vitatech Int’l, Inc. v. Sporn, 16 Cal. App. 5th 796, 224 Cal. Rptr. 3d 691 (2017); and Krechuniak v. Noorzoy, 11 Cal. App. 5th 713, 217 Cal. Rptr. 3d 740 (2017), one from the Fourth District, Div. 3 and the other from the Sixth District come to opposite conclusions. For several years … Continue reading Is a Settlement That Provides for Entry of a Stipulated Judgment if a Reduced Settlement Amount is Not Paid Void as a Penalty