BOOTH v. GADES

No. A08-2054.

788 N.W.2d 701 (2010)

Thomas BOOTH and Angela Booth, Respondents, v. Ryan GADES, Defendant, City of Cyrus Fire Department, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

Rehearing Denied September 17, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Amy J. Doll , Fluegel, Anderson, McLaughlin, & Brutlag, Chartered, Morris, MN, for respondents.

Timothy P. Tobin , Lynn Schmidt Walters , Brock P. Alton , Gislason & Hunter LLP, Minneapolis, MN, for appellant.


OPINION

GILDEA, Chief Justice.

This case involves the question of whether, in the absence of excess insurance coverage, a settlement agreement based on the type of partial release approved in Drake v. Ryan, 514 N.W.2d 785 (Minn.1994),1 completely discharges the settling tortfeasor from liability or whether it merely operates to limit the sources of recovery available to a claimant...

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