Financial Services of Raleigh, Inc. v. Barefoot

GEER, Judge.

The question presented by this appeal is whether a settlement agreement releasing “all claims of any kind” arising out of a conveyance of real property bars subsequent claims of fraud, unfair and deceptive trade practices, negligent misrepresentation, and mutual mistake in connection with that conveyance. We hold that it does and that the trial court properly granted defendants’ motion for summary judgment.

Facts

This appeal arises out of an ongoing family dispute. By deed dated 30 December 1993, the late Rossie B. Barefoot, his wife, Ada Mae Barefoot, and their company Property…