Unsigned settlement enforceable in legal-mal case

"The decision was consistent with prior Massachusetts law that once parties to a lawsuit have agreed on the material terms of a settlement in sufficiently clear and definite terms, a signed agreement is not needed to enforce the settlement."

"If either of the parties wants to avoid being bound by an agreement made informally, they should expressly state that a formal, signed document is a condition precedent to being bound."

Richard Rosensweig comments on Franzosa v. Rossman in Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly here.