Peters v. Butler

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• pointing out that the release of all other persons was a “release to all mankind” and referring to “various cases holding that a release of ‘all other persons’ did release a joint tortfeasor”
• \a general release to all mankind bar[s] further suits against other entities involved in the occurrence which produced the settlement\
• “a general release to all mankind bar[s] further suits against other entities involved in the occurrence which produced the settlement”
• A party seeking to invalidate a release “must go beyond offering a preponderance of proof and meet the stringent requirement of producing evidence that is clear, precise and convincing to the point of reasonable indubitability.”
• release clause worded to release defendant and “all other persons, firms or corporations liable or who might be claimed to be liable on account of all injuries, known and unknown which have resulted or may in the future develop from the accident”
• language in release clause referenced defendant and “all other persons, firms or corporations liable or who might be claimed to be liable on account of all injuries, known and unknown which have resulted or may in the future develop from the accident”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).