2261 REVIEW DENIED In response to a motion to enter judgment on a stipulation of settlement, a court's conclusion that there was no settlement collaterally estops a party from subsequently suing for breach of the settlement agreement; a party who elects to go to trial on a personal injury claim and loses cannot subsequently sue for the breach of a settlement agreement allegedly made prior to the trial.CitationSMITH v GOLDEN EAGLE (Non-settlement) 69 CA4 1371 [See: SCLC v Al Malaikah 230 CA3 207; Writers Guild v Screen Gems 274 CA2 367]CASE
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