MANCHESKI v. GGCP, INC.


41 A.D.3d 790 (2007)

839 N.Y.S.2d 192

FREDERICK J. MANCHESKI et al., Respondents, v. GGCP, INC., Formerly Known as GABELLI GROUP CAPITAL PARTNERS, INC., Appellant.

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

Decided June 26, 2007.


Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.

"Because [a] [s]ettlement [a]greement is a contract between the parties, it must be construed according to ordinary contract law" (Matter of Lyons v Whitehead, 291 A.D.2d 497, 499 [2002]). The court must "determine the intention of the parties as derived from the language employed in the contract, [and it] should strive to give a fair and reasonable...

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