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This document summarizes two court cases regarding whether state or federal law determines the effect of releasing one joint tortfeasor on claims against other alleged joint tortfeasors. 1) In Auer v. Kawasaki, the plaintiff signed a release of claims with one defendant and then tried to rescind it, but the court found that under Maryland state law, the release of one tortfeasor released all others. 2) In Ebaugh v. Cessna, the plaintiff dismissed claims against one defendant with prejudice, which the co
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