Charlene Hicks, Senior Attorney
As a society, we are conditioned to think that a settlement agreement definitively and forever resolves a dispute. Certainly the law favors the enforcement of such agreements. Even so, certain limitations or exceptions to this general rule exist. One curb on the enforceability of a settlement agreement is that an auto manufacturer cannot use such a contract to effectively waive or avoid its recall repair obligations imposed by federal law.
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