The question presented is whether the oral settlement agreement entered into by the parties and journalized in the nunc pro tunc entry can be set aside pursuant to a petition to vacate filed by plaintiff who refused to comply with the terms of the settlement agreement.
As noted in 15 American Jurisprudence 2d 938, Compromise and Settlement, Section 4: "The law favors the resolution of controversies...
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