McNAIR v. MEGABANK, INC.

No. 88-2848.

547 So.2d 207 (1989)

James Edward McNAIR, Catherine L. McNair, Etc., et al., Appellants, v. MEGABANK, INC., Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied August 22, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Zemel and Kaufman, Miami, and Marc Birnbaum, for appellants.

Keith, Mack, Lewis, Allison & Cohen and R. Hugh Lumpkin, Miami, for appellee.

Before NESBITT, BASKIN and GERSTEN, JJ.


GERSTEN, Judge.

This is a non-final appeal from a post-judgment order denying satisfaction of a judgment where appellee had previously released two co-obligors. We affirm.

Appellants contend that, as a matter of law, a satisfaction or release of one jointly and severally liable judgment debtor acts as a satisfaction or release as to all liable judgment debtors. Appellee, Megabank, asserts that the common law doctrine — that the release of one joint...

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