Lambert v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance

The plaintiff, Kenneth L. Lambert, was injured on May 19, 1966. He was one of four occupants of an automobile that failed to negotiate a curve, sheared a telephone pole, turned over and skidded some distance on its top. Defendant Burns was the driver of the car. On June 17, 1966, the plaintiff and defendant State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company entered into a settlement. In exchange for executing a total release, the plaintiff received $1,345.

When he failed to recover as he had expected, the plaintiff initiated action to set aside the release on the grounds of fraud, mutual mistake…