California Court of Appeal

A purported head nod was not sufficient to show oral assent to a settlement's terms in open court, as required by Code of Civil Procedure section 664.6, thus an order granting a motion for enforcement of the alleged settlement is reversed.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/18/2002
• Published 12/18/2002

Judges

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
•  Mahaffey & Associates, Douglas L. Mahaffey, Irvine, Gino P. Pietro, Costa Mesa, and Lana J. Feldman, Irvine, for Objector and Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Best, Best & Krieger, William R. DeWolfe, Christopher L. Carpenter and Dean J. Silliman, Riverside, for Petitioners and Respondents.