United States Fifth Circuit

Releases signed by employees were supported by adequate consideration, and the language therein covered claims for ERISA benefits. Releases also barred state claims sounding in tort and contract under Texas law.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/08/2002
• Published 10/08/2002

Judges

• JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:, Before SMITH and BENAVIDES, Circuit Judges, and FITZWATER, District Judge.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• David Stanley Jones (argued), Law Offices of David S. Jones, James M. Klancnik (argued), Law Offices of James M. Klancnik, Dallas, TX, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• William C. Strock, Haynes & Boone, Dallas, TX, Helen Liu Thigpen, Haynes & Boone, Richardson, TX, for Defendants-Appellees.