John O. ADAMS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. PHILIP MORRIS, INC., Defendant-Appellee

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• finding that “financial pressure and economic hardship” does not by itself rise to the level of economic duress
• explaining that the experience and background of the signor, who worked for the defendant-employer for nine years, supported the conclusion that he could enter the waiver knowingly and voluntarily
• noting that the Adams factors reflect “ordinary contract principles”
• applying “ordinary contract principles in determining whether . . . a waiver is valid”
• describing a waiver that “release[d], remise[d], and forever discharge[d]” the defendant “of and from all and in all manner of presently existing actions, causes of action, suits, debts, claims, and demands whatsoever in law or equity” as “plain and unambiguous”
• scope of a release is evaluated based on the parties’ intent at time of signing

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