Case Name: Gevyn Construction Corp.
Court: United States Court of Claims
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1967-07-03
Citations: 180 Ct. Cl. 1306
Docket Number: No. 327-65
Parties: Gevyn Construction Corp.
Judges: 
Reporter: United States Court of Claims Reports
Volume: 180
Pages: 1306–1306

Head Matter:
No. 327-65.
July 3, 1967
Gevyn Construction Corp.

Opinion:
Contracts; release. — Plaintiff sues to recover $42,530.70 as compensation for the performance of alleged extra work in connection with its contract for modernizing and air conditioning the United States Post Office in New Rochelle, New York. Defendant has moved for summary judgment on the ground that plaintiff's claim is barred by reason of a release executed subsequent to the occurrence of the events giving rise to plaintiff's claim. The case came before the court upon defendant's motion and plaintiff's opposition thereto and without oral argument. The court concluded that the claim is barred by the general release and that, even accepting plaintiff's allegations regarding its inadvertent failure to except certain claims, there is no reason to believe defendant should have been aware of this fact (see J. G. Watts Constr. Co. v. United States 161 Ct. Cl. 801 (1963)), and on July 3, 1967, the court ordered that the petition be dismissed.