Section 3-1405 - Effect of release on right of contribution. - Maryland Statutes

§ 3-1405. Effect of release on right of contribution.
 

A release by the injured person of one joint tort-feasor does not relieve the joint tort-feasor from liability to make contribution to another joint tort-feasor unless the release: 

(1) Is given before the right of the other tort-feasor to secure a money judgment for contribution has accrued; and 

(2) Provides for a reduction, to the extent of the pro rata share of the released tort-feasor, of the injured person's damages recoverable against all other tort-feasors. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 50, § 20; 1997, ch. 31, § 1.]