1103 (5'h Cir. 1981). "[W]here the language of a release is clear and unambiguous a court cannot entertain evidence contrary to its plain meaning." Cerniglia v. Cerniglia, 679 So.2d 1160, 1164 (Fla. 1996). A general release will ordinarily be regarded as embracing all claims which have matured at the tim

. 1981). "[W]here the language of a release is clear and unambiguous a court cannot entertain evidence contrary to its plain meaning." Cerniglia v. Cerniglia, 679 So.2d 1160, 1164 (Fla. 1996). A general release will ordinarily be regarded as embracing all claims which have matured at the time of its exec

EFTA00299055 Florida courts and the Eleventh Circuit have not hesitated to enforce broad general releases in myriad circumstances. For example, in Cerniglia, the Florida Supreme Court held that a wife's complete and general release of the husband from "all claims of whatever nature each may have had in