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To get around having the discrimination case dismissed the settlement agreement needs to state specifically that your rights to pursue the discrimination claim are not affected by the agreement and the dismissal of the other case.

You should not sign a motion to dismiss a case until a settlement agreement has been reached and signed off on. Sometimes the settlement agreement can be as simple as a letter between the parties which both of them sign. Without a full knowledge of the case, which isn't possible in this format, I really can't speak to the difference between a preliminary agreement and a final agreement. Yes, it would be difficult to appeal or reverse a decision made by the judge on enforcing a settlement agreement. You can appeal it but they are hard to reverse. The window is usually 30 days or less after the judge signs the order.

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Expert:	JD 1992
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Answered:	3/1/2009

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