United States Ninth Circuit

Employee's signing of clear and unambiguous release of employment claims will bar his recovery, despite employer's communication to him prior to signing outside presence of employee's counsel, where jury heard extensive testimony over whether the release was knowingly signed.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/15/2001
• Decided 05/10/2001
• Published 05/10/2001

Judges

• Before:  SCHROEDER, Chief Judge, WALLACE and TALLMAN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Leo F. Donahue, Gold River, California, for the plaintiff-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Thomas A. Cregger, Barry & Randolph, Sacramento, California, for the defendants-appellees.