Adkins v. Knight

Barnes, Judge.

A jury awarded Ann Marie Adkins $50,000 in her personal injury suit against Randy Edward Knight, and she appeals the trial court’s order allowing Knight to set off Adkins’ $35,000 settlement with her uninsured motorist carrier. Knight cross-appeals, arguing that if we reverse in Adkins’ appeal and do not allow the set-off, then he should have been able to introduce evidence of the $35,000 settlement to the jury. For the reasons that follow, we reverse the trial court’s order and judgment setting off the settlement amount against the verdict. As to Knight’s appeal, we affirm the…