AGID, J.
The State of Washington, one of three defendants in this case, appeals the trial court's order denying its motion to dismiss the other two defendants after they settled with the plaintiff. The settlement is memorialized in a covenant not to execute, which the trial court determined did not release the settling defendants. We hold that the covenant not to execute does operate as a release, and we reverse and remand to dismiss the settling defendants.
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