MASSIE v. CRAWFORD, JR. M.D.


289 A.D.2d 66 (2001)

734 N.Y.S.2d 40

SALLIE MASSIE, Appellant, v. DAVID B. CRAWFORD, JR., M.D., Respondent, et al., Defendant.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

Decided December 11, 2001.


We find that no question of fact exists as to whether plaintiff's attorney had apparent authority to settle the action. The attorney, who had been representing plaintiff for some two years as "of counsel" to plaintiff's attorney of record and was authorized to discuss settlement proposals, proposed the settlement by way of a fax addressed to defendant's attorney, with copies shown as sent to plaintiff and to plaintiff's attorney of record, stating that the attorney had received...

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