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Agreement for Accord and Satisfaction of an Undisputed Hospital Claim

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Accord and satisfaction is a method of discharging a claim whereby the parties agree to give and accept something in settlement of the claim and perform the agreement. Accord is the agreement and satisfaction is its execution or performance.


A contract is usually discharged by performance of the terms of the agreement. However, the parties may agree to a different performance. This is called an accord. When the accord is performed, this is called an accord and satisfaction. The original obligation is discharged.


In order for there to be an accord and satisfaction, there must be

(1) a bona fide dispute;

(2) an agreement to settle the dispute; and

(3) the performance of the agreement.


A settlement in which one party promises to forego an undisputed, liquidated claim in exchange for a promise to perform, or the performance of, a pre-existing duty will not be held to be enforceable by many courts, because of the absence of consideration. However, the promise to perform, or the performance of, anything slightly different from the pre-existing duty is sufficient consideration to support a promise to forego the claim. When a claim is disputed in good faith, or when an undisputed claim is unliquidated (the amount owed has not been determined), a settlement of such a claim is clearly enforceable.

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Accord and satisfaction- the agreement under which one of the parties undertakes to give or perform, and the other to accept, in satisfaction, the amount of the debt must be in dispute.covenant not to sue- the parties substitute a contractual obligation for some other type of legal action based on a valid claim.

Definition. An agreement (accord) between two contracting parties to accept alternate performance to discharge a preexisting duty between them and the subsequent performance (satisfaction) of that agreement.

Under most state law, a valid accord and satisfaction requires four elements as a minimum, usually, (1) proper subject matter, (2) competent parties, (3) meeting of the minds of the parties and (4) adequate consideration.

To apply an accord and satisfaction concept, there must be a genuine conflict that is settled by an engagement of parties with the intention to compromise. Under this procedure, both debtor and creditor are agreed to exchange something in settlement of the claim.

An accord and satisfaction is a legal contract whereby two parties agree to discharge a tort claim, contract, or other liability for an amount based on terms that differ from the original amount of the contract or claim. Accord and satisfaction is also used to settle legal claims prior to bringing them to court.

An accord and satisfaction is distinguishable from release. A release is a relinquishment of a right, which may be given gratuitously or for inadequate consideration, while an accord and satisfaction is the discharge of a debt or claim by the acceptance of some payment which is agreed to constitute full satisfaction.

An accord is a contract in which a creditor agrees with the debtor to accept performance of something less than payment of the full amount of the debt in return for the creditor's agreement to discharge the debt. Since an accord is a contract, it requires offer, acceptance, and consideration. You just studied 7 terms!

The agreement by which the original obligation is discharged is the accord, and the discharge of the substituted obligation is the satisfaction. A contract can be discharged by the same process which created it, that is, by mutual agreement.

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Agreement for Accord and Satisfaction of an Undisputed Hospital Claim