Pizzino v. Lightning Rod Mutual Insurance

Plaintiff-appellant Cindy Pizzino appeals the trial court’s order granting the motion for summary judgment filed by the defendant-appellant Lightning Rod Mutual Insurance Company (“Lightning Rod”). The appellant seeks to set aside a release entered into with her insurer, Lightning Rod, as a result of an accident with an uninsured motorist. Subsequent to the execution of the release, the appellant learned that she had suffered a herniated disk in her back.

At her deposition, the appellant stated that on October 6, 1991, at 10:00 or 11:00 p.m., she was proceeding east on Trowbridge Avenue when…