The requisite formality necessary to accord an oral agreement binding effect as an "open court" stipulation under CPLR 2104 was not present when, following a pre-trial conference at which an unidentified per diem attorney appeared for plaintiff, the matter was marked "settled" in the court's records. There was no indication of the terms of the settlement, and the agreement was never further recorded, memorialized, or filed with the County Clerk (see Velazquez v St. Barnabas...
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