Court Opinion

ID: 9465273
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-05 00:41:10.229418+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:39:04.630753
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VAN OOSTERHOUT, Senior Circuit Judge,
dissenting.
I respectfully dissent. I would affirm the summary judgment for defendant largely on the basis of Judge Denny’s well reasoned opinion.
The accident occurred on August 20,1974. Plaintiff’s bills submitted to the insurer included one for cervical x-rays, $95.00. Plaintiff was an intelligent senior medical student. The release was not signed until November 1974. There is nothing whatsoever in the record which claims that any fraud or coercion was used to obtain the release. As admitted by the majority, the release is broad and clearly and unambiguously releases all known and unknown claims.
In my view Judge Denny properly applied the Nebraska law to the present record. I would affirm.