Hurd v. Wildman, Harrold, Allen and Dixon

How courts have described this case

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• holding that “[e]conomic duress is a condition where one is induced by a wrongful act or threat of another to make a contract under circumstances that deprive one of the exercise of one’s own free will.”
• holding that \[e]conomic duress is a condition where one is induced by a wrongful act or threat of another to make a contract under circumstances that deprive one of the exercise of one's own free will.\
• holding that “[e]conomic duress is a con- dition where one is induced by a wrongful act or threat of another to make a contract under circumstances that deprive one of the exercise of one’s own free will.”
• finding clear and unambiguous a release that bars claims “whether known or unknown, or suspected to exist” arising from the plaintiffs partnership in the defendant’s firm
• granting motion to dismiss under sections 2 — 619(a)(6) and 2 — 619(a)(9)
• finding “adequate consideration” where plaintiff, “by signing the release *** obligated himself to never file suit against [defendant] in exchange for thousands of dollars in benefits he was not entitled to”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).