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CYR v. CYR

560 A.2d 1083 (1989)

Philip A. CYR, et al. v. Fernand M. CYR, et al.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided July 6, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan Harding (orally), Presque Isle, for plaintiffs.

Paul E. Macri, Jeffrey Rosenblatt (orally), and Berman, Simmons & Goldberg, Lewiston, for defendants.

Before McKUSICK, C.J., and WATHEN, GLASSMAN, CLIFFORD, HORNBY and COLLINS, JJ.

McKUSICK, Chief Justice.

In Butters v. Kane, 347 A.2d 602 (Me.1975), we held that when one driver involved in a motor vehicle accident makes a payment to the other driver and obtains in return a general release of all claims, the express release by the releasor carries with it an implied release by the releasee. "[T]he making of a settlement without any express reservation of rights," we declared, "constitutes complete accord...

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