In conjunction with an action in negligence to recover damages for personal injuries, plaintiff sued to rescind a release upon the ground of mutual mistake of fact. The mistake urged is that at the time settlement negotiations were had and the release given, neither party knew that plaintiff had sustained, in addition to rather minor injuries, a ruptured intervertebral disc which, in fact, required subsequent hospitalization of plaintiff and an operation. Plaintiff was hospitalized...
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