Gavery v. McMahon & Elliott

How courts have described this case

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• rejecting an argument that the plaintiff’s specific malpractice claims were not within the contemplation of the parties because he released all claims, which included the malpractice claims
• rejecting an argument that the plaintiff’s specific malpractice claims were not within the contemplation of the parties because he released all claims, which included the malpractice claims
• release of claims relating to violation of non‐competition agreement applied to subsequent claim of failure to advise about validity of agreement
• release of claims relating to violation of non‐competition agreement applied to subsequent claim of failure to advise about validity of agreement
• “A release must be based upon consideration which consists either of some right, interest, profit or benefit accruing to one party, or some forbearance, detriment, loss of responsibility given, suffered or undertaken by the other.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).