Court Opinion

ID: 9723535
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 10:19:01.573763+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:10:10.639807
License: Public Domain

STATON, Judge,
concurring.
I concur in result. I would reverse because the circumstances of the parties clearly show that several controlling factors are not established. As Justice Hunter stressed in Wecker v. Kilmer (1973), 260 Ind. 198, 294 N.E.2d 132, at 135:
Two factors should be controlling in determining the effect of an agreement purporting to operate as a release:
“(1) Whether the injured party has received received full satisfaction; and “(2) Whether the parties intended that the release be in full satisfaction of the injured party’s claim, ...”