Schuster v. Reeves

WIEAND, Judge:

Keith Schuster, age 16, died as a result of injuries sustained when, on May 24, 1979, he was struck while walking along Route 29, Tunkhannock, Lackawanna County, by a vehicle operated by Donna A. Dickinson and owned by her husband, David K. Dickinson. While represented by counsel, the decedent’s parents, Henry and Joan Schuster, negotiated a settlement in the amount of thirty thousand ($30,-000) dollars. They subsequently executed a release absolving the Dickinsons of all further liability and were paid the amount accepted in settlement by the Dickinsons’ liability insurance…