Hester v. Gatlin

How courts have described this case

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• holding that release which specifically referenced certain parties but went on to discharge “any and all other persons and/or corporations” was sufficient to release unnamed third party
• summary judgment affirmed even though trial court's stated reason for entering it was in error
• where trial court's erroneous rationale for entering summary judgment is based on a question of pure law rather than fact, appellate court can uphold summary judgment on an alternative legal ground
• finding “any and all other persons” released unnamed joint tortfeasor

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