Stefanac v. Cranbrook Educational Community

The majority, persuaded by employer advocate rhetoric extolling the important role played by settlements in the orderly, expeditious, and smooth administration of justice, and the importance of protecting the inviolability of releases reflecting settlements,1 and by Judith Stefanac’s asserted familiarity with releases,2 holds *179that she is precluded from obtaining judicial determinations on the merits (i) of her assertion that a release she signed of all claims against Cranbrook was obtained by fraud or duress, and (ii) of her assertion that she was not required, before commencing this action,…