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LEMKE v. SEARS, ROEBUCK & CO.

No. 87-1732.

853 F.2d 253 (1988)

Karen LEMKE, Plaintiff-Appellant v. SEARS, ROEBUCK & CO.; Roper Corporation, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided August 5, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. Kiles, III (John J. McDermott, O'Connor & Hannan, Washington, D.C., on brief), for plaintiff-appellant.

John Llewellyn Hone (Victor I. Weiner, Lipshultz and Hone, Chartered, P.H. Harrington, Jr., Silver Spring, Md., on brief), for defendants-appellees.

Before WINTER, Chief Judge, HALL, Circuit Judge, and MacKENZIE, Senior United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, sitting by designation.

K.K. HALL, Circuit Judge:

Karen Lemke, plaintiff in a personal injury action brought pursuant to diversity jurisdiction, appeals an order of the district court granting summary judgment in favor of defendants Roper Corporation ("Roper") and Sears, Roebuck & Company ("Sears"). The court held that a prior release executed by Lemke in favor of State Farm Fire and Casualty Company ("State Farm") was general in nature and inured to the benefit of the defendants. Because...

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