Brandt v. Eagle

BECK, Judge:

The issue is whether a plaintiff who has marked satisfied a judgment against one tort-feasor for less than the full amount of the judgment is barred from maintaining a second action against another tort-feasor for the same harm. We granted en banc reconsideration of this appeal to consider the effect of a recorded satisfaction of judgment. We conclude the trial court was correct in granting summary judgment to defendant and in dismissing appellant’s second action.

*173The appeal is taken from an order granting summary judgment in favor of appellee, Perry A. Eagle, M.D., in a medical…