Unifund Assurance Company brought a motion to enforce a settlement agreement requiring Dieter Knoppke to pay $600,000.
Alex Krek's estate sought a continuation order and removal of an encumbrance from title.
The court granted Unifund's motion, ordering Knoppke to pay the settlement amount with 5% pre-judgment interest.
The court also granted the Krek estate's requests.
While acknowledging Knoppke's egregious conduct, the court declined to award punitive damages due to his absence and lack of instructions to counsel, opting instead to award full indemnity costs to Unifund and partial indemnity costs to the Krek estate.
