Instructions

We have already completed the Small Claims Complaint. Recall Terry Tentinger sued Steven McPheters for payment. The two parties have now settled the dispute. McPheters has agreed to pay Tentinger $500. Please complete the General Release needed to finalize the settlement.

Information needed for the first paragraph of the General Release:

Plaintiff's name - Terry Tentinger

Defendant's name - Steven McPheters

Settlement amount - $500

Terms needed for the main body of the General Release:

release

liability (2x)

binding

settlement

damages (2x)

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Facts:

Steven McPheters, a local housebuilder and developer, hired Terry Tentinger, a local painting contractor, to do some touching-up and re-painting on one of McPheter's new houses. Tentinger worked two days, billed McPheters $420 (for a three-man crew for fourteen hours at $30 per hour), and offered to return to the house to remedy any defects in his workmanship at no cost.McPheters objected to the number of hours on the bill - although he did not express dissatisfaction with the work - and offered Tentinger $250. Tentinger refused to accept this sum, wrote McPheters a letter demanding payment, and later, filed a suit in court to collect the full amount. After Tentinger filed his action, McPheters filed a cross-complaint, alleging that Tentinger had failed to perform the job in a workman-like manner because there was paint overspray on a redwood deck and inadequate paint coverage on portions of the rain gutter. McPheters sought $3,000 in damages to cover the costs of repair that he claimed were necessary.