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<section article="gcj" article_name="Courts and Judicial Proceedings" number="3-1405" title_number="3" title_name="Courts of General Jurisdiction -- Jurisdiction/special Causes of Action" subtitle_number="14" subtitle_name="Maryland Uniform Contribution Among Joint Tort-Feasors Act">
  <text>A release by the injured person of one joint tort-feasor does not relieve the joint tort-feasor from liability to make contribution to another joint tort-feasor unless the release:</text>
  <level label="1">
    <text>Is given before the right of the other tort-feasor to secure a money judgment for contribution has accrued; and</text>
  </level>
  <level label="2">
    <text>Provides for a reduction, to the extent of the pro rata share of the released tort-feasor, of the injured person’s damages recoverable against all other tort-feasors.</text>
  </level>
</section>
