Belletich v. Carley
Plaintiff and appellant Beverly Belletich (plaintiff) filed a workers compensation claim and a civil complaint against her employer Carley, LLC (Carley). She settled her workers compensation case, releasing all claim [sic] whether civil, administrative, federal, or state against [Carley] . . . . In plaintiffs civil action, the trial court granted summary judgment in favor of Carley based on the release language of the settlement agreement in her workers compensation case. On appeal, plaintiff contends that her extrinsic evidence raised a triable issue of fact concerning the parties intent to release her civil claims as part of the workers compensation settlement. Court hold that the release language of the settlement agreement is not reasonably susceptible to the narrow interpretation urged by plaintiff. Court therefore affirm the judgment of the trial court.
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