Court of Appeals of North Carolina September 19, 2000, COA99-880 (Chemimetals Processing, Inc. v. Schrimsher)

LEWIS, Judge.

In this appeal, our sole task is to determine whether a release executed between plaintiff Chemimetals Processing, Inc. and third-party defendants in this action, Jeffrey W. McEneny and Vibra-Chem Company, bars plaintiffs claims in a subsequent action against the remaining defendants in this appeal.

The significant course of events leading up to this appeal are as follows.