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React Service, Inc. v. Rindos

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Oct 14, 1997
243 A.D.2d 552 (N.Y. App. Div. 1997)

Opinion

October 14, 1997

Appeal from Supreme Court, Queens County (Berke, J.),


Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.

Although the plaintiff characterized its motion for reconsideration as one for renewal, it was not based upon new facts which were unavailable at the time the original motion was made and, thus, it was actually a motion for reargument ( see, Paulus v. Kuchler, 214 A.D.2d 608; Huttner v. McDaid, 151 A.D.2d 547). In any event, having granted reargument, the court did not improvidently exercise its discretion by adhering to the original determination. Stipulations of settlement, especially those entered into in open court, are favored and not lightly cast aside ( see, Hallock v. State of New York, 64 N.Y.2d 224, 230; Matter of Galasso, 35 N.Y.2d 319, 321; Morrison v. Budget Rent A Car Sys., 230 A.D.2d 253, 256; Lazich v. Lazich, 233 A.D.2d 425; Matter of Goldman v. Goldman, 201 A.D.2d 860; Sontag v. Sontag, 114 A.D.2d 892). A party will be relieved from the consequences of a stipulation made during the course of litigation only where there is cause sufficient to invalidate a contract, such as fraud, duress, overreaching, or mistake ( see, Hallock v. State of New York, supra; Matter of Frutiger, 29 N.Y.2d 143, 149-150). Here, the plaintiff's bare allegations of fraud, mutual mistake, etc., are insufficient to set aside the stipulation.

Miller, J.P., Ritter, Krausman and Goldstein, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

React Service, Inc. v. Rindos

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Oct 14, 1997
243 A.D.2d 552 (N.Y. App. Div. 1997)
Case details for

React Service, Inc. v. Rindos

Case Details

Full title:REACT SERVICE, INC., Appellant, v. GARY RINDOS et al., Respondents

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department

Date published: Oct 14, 1997

Citations

243 A.D.2d 552 (N.Y. App. Div. 1997)
663 N.Y.S.2d 225

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