Antal v. Taylor

Plaintiff, Doris Antal, appeals from an order of the circuit court of Macon County dismissing her personal injury complaint.

Plaintiff filed suit against Mattie L. Taylor, and defendant Taylor filed an answer and a counterclaim against plaintiff’s husband, Tibor Antal, who had been driving plaintiff’s car at the time of the accident. Defendant Taylor then filed a motion to dismiss the complaint on the ground that plaintiff had executed a release which was a bar to any cause of action against defendant. By agreement of the parties, the issue of the legal effect of plaintiff’s general release…