Vacate: Settlement Recommendation

2011A-49-ROC · Registrar of Contractors · 2011-06-01

IN THE OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS

The hearing of this matter convened on June 1, 2011. Dale Sessions appeared on behalf of Complainant Ready Industrial Services, L.L.C. Jay Bidwell, Esq. represented Respondent Askland and Associates, Inc. Tom Askland was also present. Based upon the entire record in this matter, the following Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law, and Order are submitted to the Director of the Arizona Registrar of Contractors. FINDINGS OF FACT 1. Prior to the commencement of the hearing, outside the presence of the Administrative Law Judge, the parties concluded a settlement agreement, the terms of which were read upon the record. 2. The terms of the aforementioned settlement agreement are as follows: a. Respondent will pay $1,600.00 to Complainant by 12:00 p.m. on June 1, 2011; b. Complainant agreed to release any and all claims against Respondent; and c. Complainant further agreed to dismiss this matter with prejudice; the parties were advised by the Administrative Law Judge that it is the policy of the Registrar of Contractors to close cases that have been resolved between the parties, and to notate on its website that the matter has been closed as resolved/settled/withdrawn; neither party objected to such disposition. 3. The Administrative Law Judge finds the terms of the foregoing settlement to be the product of knowing and voluntary action on the part of each party. 4. Based on the settlement agreement between the parties, the hearing was vacated. CONCLUSIONS OF LAW 1. The policy of the law favors settlements of disputes and adverse parties should be free to adjust their differences by entry into agreements or stipulations of settlement which should be recognized and given effect by all tribunals. 2. The settlement reached and submitted during the hearing of this matter, having been found to be voluntarily made, warrants the termination of the instant hearing. ORDER In view of the foregoing, the hearing in this matter is vacated and the matter is hereby remanded to the Registrar of Contractors for appropriate disposition.

Done this day, June 1, 2011.

_________________________________ Sondra J. Vanella Administrative Law Judge

Copy transmitted by mail this _____ day of June, 2011 to:

William A. Mundell, Director Registrar of Contractors c/o Legal Department 3838 North Central Avenue Phoenix, AZ 85012

By _______________________________

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