De Bono v. Bittner

This motion presents a novel situation and one apparently of first impression. This suit is in negligence. Others, in addition to these plaintiffs, were injured in a two-car collision in the State of Virginia. At least one other party, in audition to the defendant, appears to have been a joint tort-feasor. All the parties to this action are residents of the State of New York. These plaintiffs executed and delivered to another, not a party to this action, general releases in the sums, respectively, $1,000 and $7,500. Those releases contain the customary reservation of rights against others…