Sorensen v. Coast-To-Coast Stores (Central Organization), Inc.

How courts have described this case

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• stating that duress caused by economic coercion may show the absence of intent to release claims
• finding adequate consideration where in return for a release of all claims, plaintiff was released from any obligation under a franchise agreement
• identifying factors supporting the validity of a release such as the clarity and simplicity of language in the release and whether a party was represented
• “[T]he law presumes that parties to a release agreement intend what is expressed in a signed writing”
• “The more complicated, confusing or misleading the language the more weight a court will give to a claim of no intent.”
• \[T]he law presumes that parties to a release agreement intend what is expressed in a signed writing\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).