GOLD TREE SPA, INC., ET AL. VS. PD NAIL CORP.

 The court affirms Law Division's orders denying defendants' motion to enforce an unsigned settlement agreement arising from a voluntarily entered mediation.  The court agreed with the Law Division that, in accordance with Willingboro Mall, Ltd. v. 240/242 Franklin Ave., LLC, 215 N.J. 242, 262 (2013), no agreement was reached because the parties did not sign the agreement before the mediation concluded.  The court, as did the Law Division, rejected defendants' argument that Willingboro's holding did not apply because, there, the mediation was court-ordered, and, in the present case, the mediation was voluntary.  Based upon the principles set forth in Willingboro, whether mediation is court-ordered or voluntary is a distinction without a difference. Furthermore, the parties' post-mediation conduct evidence there was no meeting of the minds that a settlement was reached.