286 Ga. App. 166 - Durham v. McLaughlin’s Empirical Analysis

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4 state decisions

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1. “[u]nder Georgia law, an agreement alleged to be in settlement and compromise of a pending lawsuit must meet the same requisites of formation and enforceability as any other contract. In this regard, it is well settled that an agreement between two parties will occur only when the minds of the parties meet at the same time, upon the same subject matter, and in the same sense.... Acceptance of an offer must be unconditional, unequivocal, and without variance of any sort; otherwise, there can be no meeting of the minds and mutual assent necessary to contract formation.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 350 Ga. App. 442 - Kenneth S. Nugent v. Alexandra C. Myles

2. “Because the parties did not clearly agree on the specific terms of a settlement agreement at the pretrial conference, and since the defense later rejected and varied the terms of the plaintiffs' proposed settlement order, there was no meeting of the minds necessary for the formation of the alleged settlement agreement.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 349 Ga. App. 892 - Patricia Ann Carr v. John Yim