Plaintiff sued for breach of an employment agreement and defendants interposed the affirmative defense of a release signed by plaintiff in consideration of the payment of $50,000. Plaintiff claimed that the release was signed under duress, but never returned the $50,000 received as consideration.
A contract allegedly executed under duress is voidable, not void, and a plaintiff must demonstrate his decision to challenge that contract rather than to ratify it by accepting...
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