Bankruptcy: Settlement Agreement – Guarantor – Personal Liability

March 26, 2009 Comments Off on Bankruptcy: Settlement Agreement – Guarantor – Personal Liability

American Prairie Construction Company v. Hoich (MLW No. 58845/Case No. 08-1288/1292/1394 – 22 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit, Riley, J.) Where a district court in a bankruptcy dispute found the parties had entered a binding settlement agreement and ...

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Civil Practice: Class Action – Settlement Agreement – Jurisdiction

March 17, 2009 Comments Off on Civil Practice: Class Action – Settlement Agreement – Jurisdiction

Where a mortgage company that was a defendant in a class action suit over alleged mortgage act violations filed a motion for the trial court to interpret and enforce the parties’ settlement agreement, the trial court erred in granting the ...

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