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267 Ga. App. 831

600 S.E.2d 773

Walker v. Lewis

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided June 14, 2004

Court of Appeals of Georgia · decided 2004-06-14

Cited by 1 later decisions — most recently October 2017

1 state decisions

Relies on Reichard v. Reichard · 185 Ga. App. 828 - LeCroy v. Massey · 211 Ga. App. 243 - Grossman v. Smith, Barney Real Estate Fund

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Decided 2004-06-14

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Andrews, Presiding Judge.

¶1 Aaron Walker appeals from the trial court’s order granting Chuck Lewis’s motion to enforce a settlement agreement. Because the alleged agreement was never reduced to writing and because Walker disputes that there was a settlement agreement, the trial court erred in granting the motion.

¶2 “Oral settlement agreements are enforceable if their existence is established without dispute, but where the very existence of the agreement is disputed, it may only be established by a writing.” (Citations and punctuation omitted.) Reichard v. Reichard, 262 Ga. 561, 564 (423 SE2d 241) (1992). See also Grossman v. Smith, Barney Real Estate Fund, 211 Ga. App. 243 (438 SE2d 700) (1993); LeCroy v. Massey, 185 Ga. App. 828 (366 SE2d 215) (1988).

¶3 In this case there is no written evidence of a settlement agreement. The only evidence of a settlement was argument by Lewis’s counsel at the motion hearing. Contrary to the statement in the trial court’s order that “Plaintiff did not deny the settlement agreement existed,” Walker’s counsel clearly and consistently contended at the hearing that no settlement was ever reached.

¶4 Accordingly, the trial court erred in finding there was a settlement agreement and erred in granting Lewis’s motion to enforce it.

¶5 Judgment reversed.

Miller and Ellington, JJ., concur.
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