Signing an email attesting to the substance of a negotiated agreement with the typed name of the sender constitutes a binding and enforceable stipulation of the settlement under Rule 2104 of the New York Civil Practice Law and Rules, a New York state appeals panel ruled July 24.
An Appellate Division, Second Department, panel held unanimously that an agent for a vehicle insurer, by entering her name to the message summing up the terms of a settlement in an auto accident case, provided the "subscription" to the written statement required for an enforceable stipulation under CPLR 2104.
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