United Airlines v. Nemoto
36 FLW D817
Court determined that parties had reached an agreement to settle and accordingly, the settlement was enforced. There were no contingencies in the agreement between the parties as to the settlement. Dissenting opinion. The dissenting judge concluded that, based on claimant's attorney's correspondence to the attorney for the employer/carrier that the settlement was not final until the parties received and approved an MSA and until the claimant approved all settlement documents including the filing of the settlement documents prior to a specified date.