Q: If I accept the $50,000 the Judge awarded me in a civil trial, do I have to sign a warrant for satisfaction of judgment?
The judge in her final judgment only granted me one claim I made for $50,000. But she denied my other 2 claims for $200,000. I am appealing the claims I was denied for $200,000. The defendant did not appeal the $50,000 and is ready to pay the $50,000 but wants me to sign a warrant for satisfaction of judgment for the $50,000. I am afraid if I sign the warrant for satisfaction of judgment (which states all claims are satisfied) it will preclude me from litigating my appeal for the rest of the claims I was denied. What should I do? Does signing a warrant for satisfaction of judgment stop my appeal for other claims?
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