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David Adelstein | Florida Construction Legal Updates<\/a> | May 27, 2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A general release of \u201cunknown\u201d claims through the effective date of the release does NOT bar \u201cunaccrued\u201d claims<\/strong>.   This is especially important when it comes to fraud<\/strong> claims where the facts giving rise to the fraud may have occurred prior to the effective date in the release, but a party did  not learn of the fraud until well after the effective date in the release.  A recent opinion maintained that a general release that bars unknown claims does NOT mean a fraud claim will be barred since the last element to prove a fraud had not occurred, and thus, the fraud claim had not accrued until after the effective date in the release.  See Falsetto v. Liss,<\/em> Fla. L. Weekly D1340D (Fla. 3d DCA 2019) (\u201cThe 2014 [Settlement] Agreement\u2019s plain language released the parties only from \u201cknown or unknown\u201d claims, not future or unaccrued claims. Because there is a genuine issue of material fact as to whether the fraud claim had accrued \u2014 that is, whether Falsetto [party to Settlement Agreement] knew or through the exercise of due diligence should have known about the alleged fraud at the time the 2014 Agreement was executed \u2014 the trial court erred in granting summary judgment on those fraud claims.\u201d).  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fair or unfair?  In certain contexts, perhaps fair \u2014 such as when the facts giving rise to the fraud took place after the effective date of the release.   In other contexts, perhaps unfair \u2014 such as when the facts giving rise to the fraud occurred prior to the effective date in the release but were unknown.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What are your thoughts?    However, modifying a release to now include \u201cunaccrued\u201d claims may not be the answer as this could have broad implications relating to future claims, which a party may be cautious about releasing in light of current or future relations between the parties.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

David Adelstein | Florida Construction Legal Updates | May 27, 2019 A general release of \u201cunknown\u201d claims through the effective date of the release does NOT bar \u201cunaccrued\u201d claims.   This is especially important when it comes to fraud claims where the facts giving rise to the fraud may have occurred prior to the effective date in… Continue reading Release of “Unknown” Claim Does Not Bar Release of “Unaccrued” Claim: Fair or Unfair?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[9914],"tags":[9895,94,23],"class_list":["post-896207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-insurance-coverage","tag-advise-consult","tag-florida","tag-insurance-coverage","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\nRelease of "Unknown" Claim Does Not Bar Release of "Unaccrued" Claim: Fair or Unfair? 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