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STILE v. C-AIR CUSTOMHOUSE BROKERS-FORWARDS, INC.

Index No. 656575/20. Appeal No. 15652. Case No. 2021-03689.

204 A.D.3d 429 (2022)

167 N.Y.S.3d 40

2022 NY Slip Op 02244

Clare Marie Stile, Respondent, v. C-Air Customhouse Brokers-Forwards, Inc., et al., Appellants.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department.

Decided April 5, 2022.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herrick, Feinstein LLP, New York (John H. Chun, of counsel) for appellants.

Lazarus & Lazarus, P.C., New York (Harlan M. Lazarus, of counsel) for respondent.

Concur—Gische, J.P., Moulton, Scarpulla, Shulman, Pitt, JJ.

Plaintiff, the personal representative of the estate of Salvatore Joseph Stile, is bound by the settlement agreement signed by Stile. "It is a presumption of law, in the absence of express words, that the parties to a contract intend to bind not only themselves, but [also] their personal representatives" (Matter of Buccini v Paterno Constr. Co., 253 N.Y. 256, 259 [1930] [internal quotation marks omitted]; see also Chamberlain v Dunlop, 126 N.Y. 45, 52 [1891...

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