COA Opinion on Mediated Settlement Agreements
By EsqSocial Corporation 05/11/20
On Nov. 3, 2020, the North Carolina Court of Appeals issued opinion in a case entitled Mitchell v Boswell with a rather unremarkable holding that a mediated settlement agreement reached in a Superior Court ordered mediation is not enforceable unless signed by the party against whom enforcement is sought. This result is unremarkable because the statute governing court ordered mediations specifically required that settlement agreements be in writing to be enforceable....
By: Cranfill Sumner & Hartzog LLP