SETTLEMENT

"Settlement agreements are highly favored and will be enforced whenever possible. Williams v. First National Bank, 216 U.S. 582... (1910); Metropolitan Housing Development v. Village of Arlington Heights, 616 F.2d 1006, 1013 (7th Cir. 1980); Pearson v. Ecological Science, 522 F.2d 171, 176 (5th Cir. 1975), cert. denied sub nom. Skydell v. Ecological Science, 425 U.S. 912... 762 (1976); Kohr v. Allegheny Airlines, 504 F.2d 400, 405 (7th Cir. 1974). There is no requirement that settlement agreements be in writing. Kukla v. National Distillers Products, 483 F.2d 619, 621 (6th Cir. 1973). Federal courts have consistently approved the enforcement of oral settlement agreements. Cooper-Jarrett v. Central Transport, 726 F.2d 93, 96 (3d Cir. 1984); Odomes v. Nucare, 653 F.2d 246, 252 (6th Cir. 1981); Wiltgen v. Hartford Accident Indemnity, 634 F.2d 398, 400 (8th Cir. 1980); Harrop v. Western Airlines, 550 F.2d 1143, 1145 (9th Cir. 1977); Warner v. Rossignol, 513 F.2d 678, 682 (1st Cir. 1975); Massachusetts Casualty v. Forman, 469 F.2d 259, 260 (5th Cir. 1972); Autera v. Robinson, 419 F.2d 1197, 1198 (D.C. Cir. 1969)."