What is the effect of a settlement agreement on a motion to dismiss the entire action?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Hodge v. Home Depot United Statesa., Inc., B281345 (Cal. App. 2019):
Instead, he entered into a settlement agreement to dismiss the action with prejudice. "By failing to obtain a properly appealable [judgment or] order, and then by divesting us of whatever jurisdiction we might have had by [agreeing to] dismiss[al of] the entire action, [Hodge] has left us with no alternative but to dismiss his appeal . . . ." (Yancey v. Fink (1991) 226 Cal.App.3d 1334, 1343.)
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