Federal 7th Circuit Court
Civil Court
Settlement
Dist. Ct. did not err in granting defendant-casino’s motion for summary judgment in plaintiff-customer’s section 1983 action alleging that defendant improperly detained her for over one hour and searched her purse, after defendant had accused her to stealing $20 bill that plaintiff had discovered on casino floor. Basis of casino’s summary judgment motion was its claim that plaintiff had settled her action against it by orally agreeing to settle claim for $100, and record showed that plaintiff had admitted in notarized letter that she had agreed to accept $100 in satisfaction of her claim. Fact that plaintiff had subjectively believed that she had three days to cancel her oral agreement was not supported by Indiana law.