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BRUNER v. ILLINOIS CENT. R. CO.

No. 5-90-0102.

578 N.E.2d 1385 (1991)

219 Ill. App.3d 177

161 Ill.Dec. 739

George BRUNER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY, a Corporation, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District.

September 27, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard F. Sharrard, Blunt & Schum, Edwardsville, for plaintiff-appellant.

Thomas W. Alvey, Jr., Kurt E. Reitz, Daryl G. Clarida, Thompson & Mitchell, Belleville, for defendant-appellee.

Justice CHAPMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

The trial court granted defendant's motion for summary judgment based upon a release. Plaintiff appeals. We affirm.

On January 5, 1988, the plaintiff was paid $32,000 in exchange for a release which provided that:

"George E. Bruner does hereby release and forever discharge Illinois Central Gulf Railroad Company * * * from any and all claims, demands, damages, actions, causes of action, or suits of...

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