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HUGHES v. LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY

305 A.D.2d 462 (2003)

762 N.Y.S.2d 401

PERCY M. HUGHES et al., Respondents, v. LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY, Appellant. (And a Third-Party Action.)

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Second Department.

Decided May 12, 2003.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

Contrary to the contention of the defendant Long Island University (hereinafter LIU), the general release executed in the prior federal civil rights action was not intended to encompass the plaintiffs' subsequent state court personal injury action. The meaning and extent of a general release depends upon the controversy being settled and the purpose for which it is given, and "a release may not be read to cover matters...

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