Mensing v. Sturgeon

How courts have described this case

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• holding a release containing language nearly identical to the Empen release barred a future action by the releasee against the releasor for damages arising from the same motor vehicle accident
• noting the primary question in determining the preclusive effect of a release is what the parties intended to accomplish by their settlement
• stating a “voluntary dismissal with prejudice after settlement and release constitutes a bar by agreement”
• “The ordinary reasonable and reasoning man occupying the position of the Sturgeons at the time they accepted a settlement of their claim and executed the release and dismissal of their suit would think the entire matter was settled.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).