Does a settlement agreement need to be fully enforceable?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Hiatt v. Elite Leather Co., c/w G047980, G047977 (Cal. App. 2013):
The settlement agreement declares the parties' intent to draft a more "definitive agreement," but it also states "this document is intended to be fully enforceable." "Where the writing at issue shows 'no more than an intent to further reduce the informal writing to a more formal one' the failure to follow it with a more formal writing does not negate the existence of the prior contract." (Harris v. Rudin,
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