Claim, released.

Originally published by David Coale.

Gharavi, the owner of a business that won an arbitration against Khademazad, made  a comment about Khademazad on Yelp about the award. The parties resolved their differences and entered a settlement agreement of the ongoing lawsuit to enforce that award, in which Khademazad released all claims “directly or indirectly attributable to the transaction or occurences made the basis of this lawsuit.” Several weeks later, Khademazad sued for libel and similar claims based on the Yelp post. The Fifth Court found that this suit was barred by the release: “Without question, the Yelp review was, if not directly, then indirectly attributable to Khademazad’s failure to pay for Aidris’s services and the lawsuit that followed. Khademazad’s claims here are clearly within
the subject matter of the release.” Gharavi v. Khademazad, No. 05-20-00083-CV (Feb. 2, 2021) (mem. op.).

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