Sec. 2925d. If a release or a covenant not to sue or not to enforce judgment is given in good faith to 1 of 2 or more persons for the same injury or the same wrongful death, both of the following apply: (a) The release or covenant does not discharge 1 or more of the other persons from liability for the injury or wrongful death unless its terms so provide. (b) The release or covenant discharges the person to whom it is given from all liability for contribution to any other person for the injury or wrongful death.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.2925d
Effect of release, covenant not to sue, or covenant not to enforce judgment
Applied in 45 court decisions — leading case Theophelis v. Lansing General Hospital (1988)
Most recently applied in Greer v. Advantage Health (May 2014)
Add. 1974, Act 318, Imd
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Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
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