Signing an email attesting to the substance of a negotiated agreement with the typed name of the sender constitutes a binding and enforceable stipulation of the settlement under CPLR 2104, a state appeals panel ruled Wednesday.
An Appellate Division, Second Department, panel held unanimously that an agent for a vehicle insurer, by entering her name to the message summing up the terms of a settlement in an auto accident case, provided the "subscription" to the written statement required for an enforceable stipulation under CPLR 2104.
