Infinite Sec. Solutions, LLC v. Karam Props. II, Ltd.
Annotate this CaseIn these consolidated appeals, the Supreme Court considered a trial court’s authority to “conditionally” dismiss a civil case and thereby retain jurisdiction to thereafter enforce a settlement between the parties. These two cases involved claims that arose as a result of a fire in an apartment complex. During a pretrial settlement conference, the parties orally agreed to settle their claims. The trial court sua sponte filed a dismissal entry. The court subsequently clarified that its dismissal was conditional and that it retained jurisdiction to enforce the settlement between the parties. The court of appeals concluded that the trial court’s dismissal entry divested the trial court of jurisdiction and precluded further proceedings. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding (1) a trial court may, when it dismisses a civil action upon notification that the parties have settled, expressly retain jurisdiction for the specific purpose of enforcing the settlement agreement; and (2) because the trial court’s dismissal entry in this case did not incorporate the terms of the settlement agreement or expressly state that the court was retaining jurisdiction to enforce the settlement agreement, the dismissal entry divested the court of jurisdiction and precluded further proceedings.
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