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Mary FAIN, Appellant, v. Boris Luis SOCA, Appellee.
Affirmed. See Derejtova, Inc. v. Ray Corp., 857 So. 2d 304 (Fla. 3d DCA 2003) (holding trial court properly dismissed the underlying action with prejudice and enforced the parties’ settlement agreement where appellant failed to make a prima facie showing of duress); Griffith v. Griffith, 860 So. 2d 1069, 1074 (Fla. 1st DCA 2003) (“The inquiry on a motion to set aside an agreement reached through mediation is limited to whether there was fraud, misrepresentation in discovery, or coercion”) (quoting Crupi v. Crupi, 784 So. 2d 611, 612 (Fla. 5th DCA 2001)). See also All Florida Sur. Co. v. Coker, 88 So. 2d 508, 510 (Fla.1956) (“A party to a written contract cannot defend against its enforcement on the ground that he signed it without reading it, unless he avers facts showing circumstances which prevented his reading the paper, or was induced by the statements of the other parties to desist from reading it. The courts will not ordinarily protect those who with full opportunity to do so will not protect themselves”) (quotation omitted); Santana v. Miller, 314 So. 3d 346, 349 (Fla. 3d DCA 2020) (“It is wellestablished the failure to review and read a contract prior to its execution is not a defense against its application”); Moreno v. First Int'l Title, Inc., 176 So. 3d 301, 302-03 (Fla. 3d DCA 2015) (“[A] party who signs his name to an instrument cannot deny its contents on the ground that he signed it without reading it unless he shows facts indicating circumstances which prevented his reading it.”)
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Docket No: No. 3D21-1505
Decided: March 02, 2022
Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
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