Pallante v. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc.

CAVANAUGH, Judge.

The primary issue presented for resolution in this appeal is whether a release in favor of a vicariously liable principal acts to preclude maintenance of an action against the primarily liable agent. We hold that it does, and, therefore, summary judgment was properly entered in favor of appellee-agent.

Appellant Joan Pallante was injured on April 15, 1986 when a bus on which she was a passenger began to move and caused her to lose her balance and fall. At the time of the accident, Mrs. Pallante was attending a convention of the International Reading Association in…