Fiege v. Cooke

In Fiege v. Cooke (2004) 125 Cal.App.4th 1350, the court, relying extensively on Robertson v. Chen (1996) 44 Cal.App.4th 1290, held that where the settlement was orally agreed to by the plaintiff and the defendants' insurers (but not the insureds), and the policies provided that the insurers could settle without the insureds' consent and could bind the insureds to the settlement, the plaintiff could not thereafter escape from the settlement being enforced under section 664.6 because of the absence of the insureds' oral consent. (Fiege, at pp. 1353-1355.)