Jimmy S. Dickerson v. Orange State Oil Company

The appellant, as the plaintiff in the lower court, filed a complaint on November 12, 1958, alleging that while acting and working within the scope of his employment with the Florida Department of Agriculture, he was injured as a result of defendants negligence while performing certain work on premises owned by the defendant. The defendant answered setting up certain affirmative defenses among which were that the plaintiffs cause of action was barred by a general release executed by the plaintiff on October 28, 1955; and that plaintiffs cause of action was also barred by the statute of limitations. The defendants motion for summary judgment was granted on the basis of the above two defenses as established by the complaint, the answer, and certain admissions by the plaintiff