In re Schargel

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• holding that, in construing the meaning and coverage of a general release, the court must consider the controversy being settled and the purpose for which the release was actually given
• holding that the “meaning and coverage [of a general release] necessarily depend ... upon the controversy being settled” and that “a release may not be read to cover matters which the parties did not desire or intend to dispose of’
• “The scope of a general release de- pends on the controversy being settled and the purpose for which the release is actually given.”
• in construing the meaning and coverage of a general release, the court must consider the controversy being settled and the purpose for which the release was actually given

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