Kelly v. Homer Compress Co.
Citations
- 110 La. 983
- 35 So. 256
- 1903 La. LEXIS 735
Syllabus
<p>COMPROMISE — VALIDITY—EFFECT.</p> <p>1. Where a party, who had suffered personal 'injuries while in the service of another, seeks that other, and asks for and receives money from him, and signs a receipt acknowledging payment in full for time lost and medical bill incurred on account of the injuries received, disclaiming liability to him on part of the other on any other account, such as that predicated, •or which might be predicated, on allegations of fault or negligence, he cannot afterwards, in the absence of proof of error or fraud super-inducing to the settlement, sue for the recovery of damages.</p> <p>(Syllabus by the Court.)</p>
How courts have described this case
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- approving conditional certification where proposed class members “shared the same primary duties”
- “[T]hat proposed class members held different job titles does not mean that they are not similarly situated.”
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Judges: Blanchard
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