Brownlee v. Hospira, Inc.

Federal 7th Circuit Court
Civil Court
Settlement
Citation
Case Number: 
No. 16-2005
Decision Date: 
July 26, 2017
Federal District: 
N.D. Ill., E. Div.
Holding: 
Vacated and remanded

Dist. Ct. erred in dismissing plaintiff’s Title VII discrimination claim on ground that plaintiff had agreed to settlement of said claim. Relevant portion of settlement provided that there would be no binding agreement until typed settlement agreement had been signed, and parties had failed to sign typed settlement agreement. As such, remand was required for continuation of case.