Legal Opinion

McCurley v. Auto-Owners Ins.

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided March 15, 1978No. GG-244PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SMITH, Judge.

McCurley appeals from an adverse summary judgment dismissing his action against the owner, driver, and insurer of a vehicle which collided with McCurley’s vehicle. McCurley’s complaint sought to set aside, as having been obtained by fraud, a *69complete release signed by McCurley and delivered to the insurer’s agent in' exchange for $2,000. The release recites that the payment was in full settlement of all claims, but McCurley testified the agent told him the payment and release were for his automobile damage alone, not for McCurley’s bodily injury. McCurley did not read the release…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Florida East Coast Railway Co. v. ThompsonSupreme Court of Florida · 1927
  2. Bryant v. SmallDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1970
  3. Buchanan v. ClintonDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1974

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Nu-Air Manufacturing Company v. Frank B. Hall & Co. Of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1987
  2. Nu-Air Manufacturing Co. v. Frank B. Hall & Co.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1987

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