Roman-Oliveras v. P.R. Elec. Power Auth., No. 13-1991 (1st Cir. 2015)
Annotate this CaseHector Luis Roman-Oliveras (Roman) was dismissed from his job after working for the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) for over twenty years. Roman, along with his wife and mother, brought suit against PREPA and two individual supervisors, alleging that Defendants unlawfully targeted Roman due to his medical disability and his union activities. In 2012, the parties held settlement negotiations, which took place in the district judge’s chambers. The judge memorialized an account of the discussions in a minute entry recounting that the parties had reached a binding oral settlement agreement. The parties, however, did not submit a final written agreement. Another district judge later dismissed the case with prejudice on the basis of the settlement agreement. Plaintiffs appealed, arguing that “an agreement had never been reached,” and, assuming such a settlement had been reached, the district court lacked subject matter jurisdiction to enforce it. The First Circuit affirmed, holding that the district court did not err in finding that the talks conducted in 2012 produced a binding oral settlement agreement that the district court had jurisdiction to enforce.
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