Bennett v. Shinoda Floral, Inc.

(dissenting) — I believe there is no principled basis for drawing a distinction between these cases and Finch v. Carlton, 84 Wn.2d 140, 524 P.2d 898 (1974). The *398language of Finch, the cases it cited and others decided since then, and the policies underlying Finch cannot support creating a dichotomy between releasors who believe they have no injuries and releasors who believe their injuries to be minor when in fact the injuries are permanently and totally disabling. I must dissent.

The majority concedes the language of Finch is ambiguous and does not clearly support its conclusion excluding…