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resulting in a verdict in favor of CWRU. Mr. Reisman appealed
the Federal case to the Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
While the Federal case was on appeal, attorneys representing
petitioners and CWRU entered into settlement negotiations. Steve
Goldfarb (Mr. Goldfarb) was one of the attorneys who negotiated
on behalf of CWRU. CWRU was not interested in any settlement
which would allow Mr. Reisman to remain at the university.
Before a final settlement was reached, Mr. Goldfarb received a
letter dated October 26, 1994, from one of the attorneys who
represented Mr. Reisman. The letter contained the following
passage:
As I conveyed to you, Steve [Goldfarb], Dr. Reisman’s
preference is to structure a settlement in which he
would remain at the university. You indicated,
however, that the only settlement offer which Case
Western Reserve University would consider would be one
in which Dr. Reisman leaves the university * * *
On November 16, 1994, while the Federal case was pending in
the Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and the State case was
pending in the Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court, petitioners,
CWRU, and the various individuals named in the two lawsuits
entered into a Confidential Mutual Release and Settlement
Agreement (settlement agreement). In the settlement agreement,
the parties agreed that Mr. Reisman had also asserted breach of
contract in both lawsuits.
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