HARRY HUGHES, Governor                                    1457

CHAPTER 379

(Senate Bill 891)
AN ACT concerning

Personal Injury Claim - Release of Subsequent Tort-Feasor

FOR the purpose of providing that a release executed by a person

who has sustained personal injuries does not discharge a
certain subsequent tort-feasor.

BY adding to

Article 79 - Releases and Receipts
Section 13

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1980 Replacement Volume and 1985 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF

MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article 79 - Releases and Receipts
13.

A RELEASE EXECUTED BY A PERSON WHO HAS SUSTAINED PERSONAL
INJURIES DOES NOT DISCHARGE A SUBSEQUENT TORT-FEASOR WHO IS NOT A
PARTY TO THE RELEASE AND:

(1)  WHOSE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE INJURED PERSON'S
INJURIES IS UNKNOWN AT THE TIME OF EXECUTION OF THE RELEASE; OR

(2)  WHO IS NOT SPECIFICALLY IDENTIFIED IN THE
RELEASE.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall

take effect July 1, 1986.
Approved May 13, 1986.