Pierringer release

A Pierringer release or Pierringer Agreement is a type of settlement agreement. In law, a settlement is a resolution between disputing parties about a legal case that is reached either before or after court action begins.

The origin of the case is the Wisconsin tort law case of Pierringer v. Hoger.¹

A Pierringer Release has the following features:

• the settling defendant’s liability is segregated
• the satisfaction of the settling defendant’s liability to the credit of all parties to the litigation
• the plaintiff’s ability to continue with the action against the remaining defendants
• the plaintiff’s agreement that it will indemnify the settling defendant for any contribution sought from it by the non-settling defendant(s).