by the signed agreements under the accord and satisfaction doctrine. An accord and satisfaction is a method of discharging a contract or settling a cause of action arising from a contract or a tort, by substituting for such contract or cause of action an agreement for the satisfaction thereof and an execution of such substituted agreement. 19 N.Y.Jur.2d, Compromise, Accord, and Release § 1. The law in New York on the accord and satisfaction doctrine is clear: it is an affirmative defense as to which the asserting party bears the burden of proof. Stahl Management Corp. v. Conceptions Unlimited, 554 F.Supp. 890, 893 (S.D.N.Y.1983); See also Studiengesellschaft Khole v. Novamont, 485 F.Supp. 471, 475 (S.D.N.Y.1980); S. Leo Harmonay v. Binks Mfg. Co., 597 F.Supp. 1014, 1028 (S.D.N.Y.1984) (<HOLDING>). In order for Defendants to successfully
holding that employer bears the burden of proving applicability of flsa exemptions holding that the government bears the burden of proving voluntary consent under the totality of the circumstances holding defendant bears burden of establishing affirmative defense of official immunity holding defendant bears the burden of proving an accord and satisfaction defense holding that the defendant bears the burden of proving outside contact with the jury