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MARTINEZ v. GONZALEZ

No. 78-543.

368 So.2d 92 (1979)

Jorge O. MARTINEZ, Aurelio O. Martinez De Castro and American Bankers Insurance Company of Florida, Appellants, v. Hector GONZALEZ, Individually and As Personal Representative of the Estate of Mirella Gonzalez and Bertha Manzo, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

March 6, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Helliwell, Melrose & DeWolf and William E. Sadowski, Miami, for appellants.

Roy W. Allman & Associates, Fort Lauderdale, for appellees.

Before HAVERFIELD, C.J., and PEARSON and HENDRY, JJ.

HENDRY, Judge.

Affirmed. Under provisions of the Uniform Contribution Among Tortfeasors Act, Fla. Stat. § 768.31 (1975), specifically subsection (5)(b), settlement with one of two or more joint tortfeasors discharges the settling tortfeasor from all liability for contribution to other tortfeasors, Seaboard Coast Line Railroad Company v. Gordon, 328 So.2d 206 (Fla. 1st DCA 1976).

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