Edwards

MEMORANDUM **

Appellants FMC Technologies and FMC Foodtech, Inc. (FMC) challenge the district court’s grant of summary judgment on its fraud claims based on non-reliance language contained in the parties’ settlement agreement. FMC also maintains that the district court erroneously dismissed its claims for breach of the duty of good faith and fair dealing.

The district court properly granted summary judgment, as Washington law supports the conclusion that the settlement agreement’s non-reliance language pre *578 eluded FMC’s fraud claims. See Kwiatkowski v. Drews, 142 Wash.App. 463 , 176 P.3d 510, 519 , review denied, 164 Wash.2d 1005 , 190 P.3d 54 (2008).

In any event, summary judgment was warranted because “in the context of a contentious adversarial relationship, reliance on misrepresentations or omissions is unreasonable as a matter of law between the parties negotiating a settlement agreement[J” Id. at 518 (citation omitted).

The district court also properly dismissed FMC’s breach of fiduciary duty claims because the settlement agreement’s specific contractual terms do not impose a duty to cooperate or a duty to disclose information. See Seattle-First Nat. Bank v. Westwood…