California Court of Appeal

Judgment for plaintiffs -- on claim of breach of oral settlement contract arising after defendant first authorized her medical malpractice insurer to settle for a specific amount at a mediation, plaintiffs accepted the amount of that offer, and defendant then revoked her consent to settle -- is affirmed as defendant is estopped from relying on mediation confidentiality.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/27/2006
• Published 09/27/2006

Judges

• CROSKEY, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Reback, McAndrews & Kjar, Robert C. Reback, Manhattan Beach, and Melanie Shornick for Defendant and Appellant., Law Office of James Aaron Pflaster, Martin R. Berman and James Aaron Pflaster, Los Angeles, for Plaintiffs and Respondents.