Linda and Randy Arhart v. Micro Switch Manufacturing Company, a Division of Honeywell, Inc.

BATTEY, District Judge.

I. NATURE OF CASE

The plaintiffs Linda and Randy Arhart appeal from entry of judgment on a take-nothing jury verdict in a products liability action. Jurisdiction is based on diversity, 28 U.S.C. § 1332.

The plaintiffs appeal from the district court’s 1 method of treatment of the settling tortfeasors and the instructions to the jury given during the course of and at the conclusion of the trial. During the trial the court advised the jury of the fact that two joint tortfeasors had settled the plaintiffs’ claim. The amount and terms of the settlement were not revealed to the…