Settlement Agreement

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Settlement Agreement And Mutual Release
T h i s Agreement i s made as of Ap ri l 24, 2014 ( th e " E ffec ti v e Date" ) by and between Mi c h ael
Arri ngton ( " Arri ngton" ), a resi dent of Wash i ngton state, and J enni fer Allen ( " Allen" ), a resi dent
of C ali forni a ( c ollec ti v ely, th e " P arti es" ).
Wh ereas Arri ngton fi led an ac ti on for defamati on and false li gh t agai nst Allen i n U ni ted States
Di stri c t C ouR for th e Western Di sU i c t of Wash i ngton on May 7, 2013 i n c ause number 2:13-C V-
00810-J LR ( th e " Lawsui t" ), allegi ng th at Allen h ad made false and defamatory statements about
Arri ngton ( h ereafter, th e " Statements" ); and
Wh ereas th e P arti es desi re to resolv e by th emselv es th e c lai ms and defenses i n th e Lawsui t;
T h erefore, i n c onsi derati on of th e mutual p romi ses and obli gati ons of th e P arti es, th e adequac y
and suffi c i enc y of wh i c h th ey eac h ac knowledge, th e P arti es agree to be c ontrac tually bound as
follows:
1. T h e Lawsui t sh all be di smi ssed wi th p rej udi c e and wi th out assessment of c osts and fees to
ei th er p arty. C ounsel for th e P arti es sh all fi le a sti p ulati on of di smi ssal, wh i c h c ounsel for Allen
sh all p resent to th e C ourt for fi li ng.
2. Allen retrac ts, and ex p resses h er regret for maki ng, th e Statements.
3. E ac h of th e P arti es releases th e oth er p arty of any known and unknown c lai ms th rough th e
E ffec ti v e Date agai nst th e oth er p arty wh eth er suc h c lai ms are based i n tort or c ontrac t or on any
alleged v i olati on of any statute, rule or regulati on. Howev er, i n th e ev ent th at Allen makes
statements about Arri ngton after th e E ffec ti v e Date, Arri ngton sh all not be p roh i bi ted — i n th e
ev ent h e c ommenc es legal ac ti on agai nst Allen —from seeki ng to i ntroduc e as ev i denc e th ose
statements th at Allen made about Arri ngton p ri or to th e E ffec ti v e Date.
4. E x c ep t as oth erwi se p rov i ded i n th i s Agreement, i t i s th e i ntenti on of th e P arti es i n ex ec uti ng
th i s Agreement th at i t c onsti tute a full and c omp lete release of any p otenti al or p ossi ble c lai ms
az i si ng out of th e subj ec t matter h ereof, wh eth er known or unknown. I n furth eranc e of th i s
i ntenti on, th e p arti es ex p ressly and v oluntari ly wai v e th e p rov i si ons of Sec ti on 1542 of th e
C ali forni a C i v i l C ode and ex p ressly ac knowledge and agree th at th i s release sh all be gi v en full
forc e and et~ ' ec t ac c ordi ng to eac h and all of i ts ex p ress terms and p rov i si ons, i nc ludi ng as well
th ose relati ng to unknown or unsusp ec ted c lai ms, demands and c auses of ac ti on, i f any, and th at
th i s wai v er i s an essenti al and materi al term of th e release. Sec ti on 1542 p rov i des:
" A GE NE RAL RE LE ASE DOE S NOT E XT E ND T O C LAI MS WHI C H T HE C RE DI T OR
DOE S NOT KNOW OR SU SP E C T T O E XI ST I N HI S OR HE R FAVOR AT T HE T I ME
OF E XE C U T I NG T HE RE LE ASE , WHI C H I F KNOWN BY HI M OR HE R MU ST
HAVE MAT E RI ALLY AFFE C T E D HI S OR HE R SE T T LE ME NT WI T H T HE
DE BT OR. "
Each p ar t y acknowledges t hat he or she may her eaf t er di scov er f act s di f f er ent f r om or i n addi t i on
t o t hose t hat sai d p ar t y knows or b eli ev es t o b e t r u e wi t h r esp ect t o t he mat t er s her ei n r eleased,
and each p ar t y agr ees t hat t hi s r elease shall b e and r emai n i n ef f ect i n all r esp ect s as a comp let e
and gener al r elease as t o t he mat t er s r eleased, not wi t hst andi ng any su ch di f f er ent or addi t i onal
f act s.
5 . 1 A llen agr ees, war r ant s, and r ep r esent s t hat she u nder st ands and acknowledges t he
si gni f i cance and conseq u ence of t hi s A gr eement , and acknowledges and agr ees t hat i t i s
v olu nt ar y and has not b een ent er ed i nt o as a r esu lt of any coer ci on or du r ess, and ex p r essly
conf i r ms t hat t hi s A gr eement i s t o b e gi v en f u ll f or ce and ef f ect accor di ng t o each and all of i t s
ex p r ess t er ms and condi t i ons. A llen acknowledges t hat she has conf er r ed wi t h cou nsel of her
choi ce and t hat she and t hey u nder st and t he t er ms of t hi s A gr eement .
5 . 2 A r r i ngt on agr ees, war r ant s, and r ep r esent s t hat he u nder st ands and acknowledges t he
si gni f i cance and conseq u ence of t hi s A gr eement , and acknowledges and agr ees t hat i t i s
v olu nt ar y and has not b een ent er ed i nt o as a r esu lt of any coer ci on or du r ess, and ex p r essly
conf i m~ s t hat t hi s A gr eement i s t o b e gi v en f u ll f or ce and ef f ect accor di ng t o each and all of i t s
ex p r ess t er ms and condi t i ons. A r r i ngt on acknowledges t hat he has conf er r ed wi t h cou nsel of hi s
choi ce and t hat he and t hey u nder st and t he t er ms of t hi s A gr eement .
6 . Each of t he P ar t i es agr ees not t o su e or make any admi ni st r at i v e clai m or char ge ab ou t t he
ot her p ar t y wi t h any cou r t or admi ni st r at i v e agency wi t h r esp ect of any clai m whi ch has b een
r eleased.
7 . A mngt on war r ant s t hat he has not assi gned any clai ms or p ot ent i al clai ms r elat i ng t o A llen t o
any ent i t y or p er son.
8 . T hi s A gr eement i s gov er ned b y t he laws of t he S t at e of C ali f or ni a wi t hou t consi der at i on of
conf li ct of laws p r i nci p les.
9 . T hi s A gr eement , i nclu di ng ex hi b i t s, const i t u t es t he ent i r e and comp let e u nder st andi ng of t he
P ar t i es and su p er sedes any and all p r i or agr eement s, p r omi ses, r ep r esent at i ons, or i ndu cement s,
no mat t er i t s or t hei r f or m, or al or wr i t t en, concer ni ng i t s su b j ect mat t er . No p r omi ses or
agr eement s or modi f i cat i ons t o t hi s A gr eement made af t er ex ecu t i on of t hi s A gr eement shall b e
b i ndi ng u nless si gned b y A r r i ngt on and A llen.
1 0 . T hi s A gr eement may b e dat ed and si gned i n cou nt er p ar t s and u p on ex change of t r u e and
au t hent i c cop i es shall const i t u t e a si ngle docu ment .
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A p r i l~ o, 2 0 1 4
Mi chael A r r i ngt on
o' r A llen

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