Bunting v. State

Schultheis, A.C.J.

In 1989 Timothy Bunting’s wife Neeta and son Shawn settled with him and his insurance company for injuries they sustained when Timothy hit a guardrail and wrecked the car in which they were riding. For $30,000 they released all claims against Timothy and the insurance company. Three years later Timothy, Neeta and Shawn filed a negligence suit against the State. After an additional two years, and just two months before the scheduled trial date, Neeta and Shawn purported to rescind their releases of Timothy and moved to realign him as a defendant in hopes of holding him and…