Structural Processing Corp. v. Farboil Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
—In an action to recover damages for breach of contract, the defendant appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Colar, J.), dated December 4, 1995, which denied its motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
"The meaning and coverage of a general release depends on the controversy being settled and upon the purpose for which the release was actually given * * * A release may not be read to cover matters which the parties did not desire or intend to dispose of” (Lefrak SBN Assocs. v Kennedy Galleries, 203 AD2d 256, 257,…
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