Randolph v. Ottenstein

HOLTZOFF, District Judge.

The principal question of law presented in this case is whether a person who claims to have sustained injuries caused by the negligence of another, and who-has obtained a settlement of his claim and. has given a general release, may thereafter repudiate the settlement, obtain a cancellation of the release and bring suit, on the original claim on the basis that he was unaware of one of the injuries resulting from the accident, and if so,, under what circumstances may this be-done. This question is of novel impression in the District of Columbia, and for this reason an…