| 8. | In consideration of the payment to me of the sums described in Sections 5, 6 and 7 of this Agreement and other good and valuable consideration, I hereby irrevocably and unconditionally release, acquit and forever discharge the Company and each of its shareholders, successors, predecessors, assigns, agents, directors, officers, employees, representatives, and attorneys, and all persons acting by, through, under or in concert with any of them (collectively, the "Releasees"), from any and all charges, complaints, claims, liabilities, obligations, promises, agreements, controversies, damages, actions, causes of action, suits, rights, demands, costs, losses, debts, and expenses of any nature whatsoever, known or unknown, suspected or unsuspected, including, but not limited to, any claims for notice, pay in lieu of notice, wrongful dismissal, severance pay, bonus, overtime pay, incentive compensation, interest, vacation pay, any rights arising out of alleged violations or breaches of any contracts, express or implied, or any tort, or any legal restrictions on the Company’s right to terminate employees, or any federal, state or other governmental statute, regulation or ordinance, including, without limitation: (i) Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended by Civil Rights Act of 1991, (race, color, religion, sex, and national origin discrimination); (ii) 42 U.S.C. § 1981 (discrimination); (iii) Age Discrimination in Employment Act (age discrimination); (iv) the Americans with Disabilities Act (disability discrimination); (v) 29 U.S.C. § 206(D)(1)(equal pay); (vi) intentional or negligent infliction of emotional distress or "outrage"; and (vii) defamation; (collectively the "Claims"), which I may now have, own or hold, or claim to have, own or hold, or which I may at any time heretofore have had, owned or held, or claimed to have had, owned or held, against any one of more of the Releasees at any time up to and including the date of this Agreement. |
