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<section article="gcj" article_name="Courts and Judicial Proceedings" number="5-401.1" title_number="5" title_name="Limitations, Prohibited Actions, and Immunities" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Immunities and Prohibited Actions -- Businesses, Associations, and Charities">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A release of the claim of an injured individual for damages resulting from a tort, signed by the injured individual within 30 days of the infliction of the injuries without the assistance or guidance of an attorney at law, and any power of attorney to or contract of employment with an attorney at law, with reference to recovery of damages for the tort, signed by the individual within  30 days after the infliction of the injuries, shall be voidable at the option of the injured individual within 60 days after the day on which the individual signed the document.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="i">
        <text>Notice that a release is voided under this subsection by the injured individual shall be:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>In writing; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>Accompanied by the return of any money paid to the injured individual as a result of the signing of the release.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The release is void from the date that the notice is mailed.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A person whose interest is or may become adverse to an injured individual who is confined to a hospital or sanitarium as a patient may not, within 15 days from the date of the occurrence causing the patient’s injury:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Negotiate or attempt to negotiate a settlement with the patient;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Obtain or attempt to obtain a general release of liability from the patient; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Obtain or attempt to obtain any statement, either written or oral from the patient, for use in negotiating a settlement or obtaining a release.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Any settlement agreement entered into or any general release of liability made by any individual who is confined in a hospital or sanitarium after the individual incurs a personal injury may not be used in evidence in any court action relating to the injury and may not be used for any purpose in any legal action in connection with the injury if the settlement agreement or release is obtained contrary to the provisions of subsection (b) of this section.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>A release executed by an individual who has sustained personal injuries does not discharge a subsequent tort–feasor:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Who is not a party to the release; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="i">
        <text>Whose responsibility for the individual’s injuries is unknown at the time of execution of the release; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Who is not specifically identified in the release.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
