Myers v. Health Specialists, S.C.

JUSTICE DiVITO delivered

the opinion of the court:

In this case we must determine whether the circuit court properly granted summary judgment for defendant, and denied summary judgment for plaintiff, based on its conclusion that a release executed by plaintiff in connection with prior litigation between the parties barred plaintiff’s claim in this litigation. For reasons that follow, we reverse and remand for a determination of plaintiff’s damages.

Plaintiff Stephen A. Myers, an obstetrician/gynecologist, worked for defendant Health Specialists from July 1977 through June 1978 under a written…