Grafton v. SHIELDS MINI MARKETS, INC.

OPINION

LAMBERT, Senior Judge:

Michael J. Grafton and Werner Enterprises, Inc. (Appellants) appeal from the Nelson Circuit Court’s entry of summary judgment in favor of Shields Mini Markets, Inc. (Appellee) as to Appellee’s property-damage claim against Appellants. At issue is whether a non-fraudulent property-damage settlement between a mortgagor of real property and a third-party tortfea-sor bars a mortgagee from recovering damages in a subsequent property-damage claim against that same tortfeasor. For reasons that follow, we hold that it does. Therefore, the judgment of the circuit court…