Huber v. Hovey

How courts have described this case

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• upholding broad release from \any and all\ loss, damage, or claim whether caused by negligence or otherwise
• reversing summary judgment for insurance broker who was not named in the release and rejecting argument that “the release should apply to all parties associated with the race”
• considering whether the release was “ambiguous” and whether the party who signed the release was “knowledgeable and informed about the risks” for which the party was releasing another from liability
• involving a release of liability for “any and all loss or damage, and any claim or demands therefor on account of injury . . . whether caused by the negligence of the releasees or otherwise” (emphasis added)
• a release is a contract and its enforcement is therefore governed by principles of contract law
• release executed by spectator at race track does not bar wife’s claim for loss of consortium

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).