Booth v. Gades

OPINION

GILDEA, Chief Justice.

This case involves the question of whether, in the absence of excess insurance coverage, a settlement agreement based on the type of partial release approved in Drake v. Ryan, 514 N.W.2d 785 (Minn.1994), 1 completely discharges the settling tortfeasor from liability or whether it merely operates to limit the sources of recovery available to a claimant. The district court held that the agreement released all claims, but the court of appeals reversed. Booth v. Gades, 771 N.W.2d 69, 70 (Minn.App.2009). Because we hold that the agreement operated to release all claims…