United States Fourth Circuit

Evidence that parties agreed to settlement amount but disagreed over whether non-monetary issues were settled requires a court to conduct a plenary hearing to determine if the issues are insubstantial enough to warrant enforcement of the settlement.

Appellate Information

• Argued 12/04/2001
• Decided 01/22/2002
• Published 01/22/2002

Judges

• Before NIEMEYER, MOTZ, and TRAXLER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  William D. Ryan, Hurricane, West Virginia, for Appellant.  Charles MacKinley Surber, Jr., Jackson & Kelly, P.L.L.C., Charleston, West Virginia, for Appellee.   ON BRIEF:  Sherri D. Goodman, Goodman Advocacy, Charleston, West Virginia, for Appellant.