232 Ga. App. 278 - Kinard v. Worldcom, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
1998
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3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
February 2004
most recently cited
3 state decisions
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Relies on Posey v. Medical Center-West, Inc. · Lackey v. McDowell · 221 Ga. App. 592 - Rice v. Huff
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“On November 6, 1991, Innova Information Systems (“Innova”) granted a stock subscription warrant to Worldcom, Inc., then called ATC, a stockholder in Innova. The warrant gave ATC the right to acquire a certain number of shares of the common stock of Innova for a given period of time on terms specified in the agreement. At that time, William Kinard was CEO of Innova, a company he co-founded. The warrant agreement granted Kinard and his co-founder each “a 25% undivided interest in any net gain derived by ATC from the sale or other disposition by ATC of the Warrant and/or the shares of common stock purchased upon exercise of the Warrant.” In the fall of 1993, Kinard terminated his employment with Innova. On January 31, 1994, Kinard signed a document entitled “Severance and Consulting Agreement,” which was retroactive, taking effect September 1, 1993. The severance and consulting agreement contains a mutual release provision as follows: “the Company and Kinard . . . hereby absolutely and forever releases, relieves and discharges the other and, as appli cable, each of the other’s past, present and future partners, owners, stockholders, predecessors, successors, assigns, heirs, agents, directors, officers, employees, representatives, attorneys, subsidiaries and all other persons, firms and corporations acting by, through or in concert with any of them . . . from any and all . . . contracts, agreements, promises, liabilities ... of every kind or character whatsoever, whether known or”
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