3191 An attorney representing a party to litigation is not released from malpractice liability by an agreement executed upon settlement of the litigation containing boilerplate language that purports to release all persons from liability arising from the litigation, unless the attorney was an intended third party beneficiary of the release agreement.CitationVAHLE v BARWICK (Boilerplate Release) 93 CA4 1323 [See: Neverkovec v Fredericks 74 CA4 337, T/AT 9/99; GMC v Superior Court 12 CA4 435, T/AT 3/93; Lama v Comcast 14 CA4 59, T/AT 5/93]
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