Legal Opinion
Hicks v. Soroka
Superior Court of Delaware
Decided January 22, 1963No. 878PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Lynch, J.:
The plaintiff was struck by an automobile in the southbound lane of Route 13, near Townsend, Delaware, on or about October 5, 1960. The plaintiff thereafter entered into negotiations for settlement, signed a release and received payment of $900.00, in form of a check. The release was in the following form:
“Release and Settlement of Claim
“For the sole consideration of Nine Hundred and-00/xx Dollars, to me/us in hand paid, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged. I/we Samuel H. Hicks Releasor(s), being over 21 years of age, do hereby release, and forever discharge Walter J.…
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