Bell v. Allstate Insur. Co.

The appellant here would have us turn our backs on Grantham v. Board of County Commissioners for Prince George’s County, 251 Md. 28, 246 A. 2d 548 (1968) which held that upon full satisfaction of a judgment entered against one person, who was, along with another, alleged to be liable for a single harm, the other joint tortfeasor is released. To buttress his argument, he relies on McMillen v. Klingensmith, 467 S.W.2d 193 (Tex. 1971) and Bartholomew v. McCartha, 255 S. C. 489, 179 S.E.2d 912 (1971) which he thinks have adopted a more enlightened view. We shall be as unresponsive to this…