A woman who signed a million-dollar settlement agreement in a personal injury case that was never delivered to the opposing side and then backed out of the settlement after hiring a new lawyer is not bound by the settlement and does not have to pay her original lawyer his one-third contingency fee, a divided state appellate panel ruled yesterday.
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Party Not Bound by Settlement That Never Took Effect, Panel Says
New York Law Journal
January 11, 2013
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