UNDERWOOD-GARY v. MATHEWS

No. 107, Sept. Term, 2000.

785 A.2d 708 (2001)

366 Md. 660

Rita UNDERWOOD-GARY v. George J. MATHEWS, et al.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

November 28, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leo William Dunn, Jr. (Leo William Dunn, Jr., P.A., on brief) of Chester, MD, for petitioner.

Timothy L. Mullin, Jr. (Donna P. Sturtz of Miles & Stockbridge P.C., on brief) of Baltimore, Judith C. Ensor (Whiteford, Taylor & Preston, L.L.P., on brief), of Towson, for respondents.

Argued before BELL, C.J., and RAKER, WILNER, CATHELL, HARRELL, BATTAGLIA, LAWRENCE F. RODOWSKY (Retired, specially assigned), JJ.


RAKER, J.

The issue in this case is whether a plaintiff who enters into an agreement and has marked as satisfied a judgment against one tortfeasor is barred from maintaining a second action against two other alleged tortfeasors for the same harm. The Court of Special Appeals held, inter alia, in Mathews v. Underwood-Gary, 133 Md.App. 570, 758 A.2d 1019 (2000), that petitioner could...

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