Forcelli v. Gelco Corp

In Forcelli v. Gelco Corp., 109 AD3d 244 [2d Dept 2013] all material terms of a stipulation of settlement were set forth in an email and there was an expression of mutual agreement by both parties. The typed name of one of the parties at the end of her email was found to be sufficient as a signature, with the Court citing "the now widespread use of email as a form of written communication in both personal and business affairs" making it "unreasonable to conclude that email messages are incapable of conforming to the criteria . . . simply because they cannot be physically signed in the traditional fashion." (Forcelli v. Gelco Corp. at 250.)