Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
The Supreme Court correctly denied the plaintiff's motion to vacate the stipulation of settlement. An "open-court stipulation is an independent contract between the parties . . . and will be enforced according to its terms unless there is proof of fraud, duress, overreaching, or unconscionability" (Jablonski v. Jablonski,
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