Hall v. Schulte

OPINION

CLABORNE, Judge.

This appeal presents us with the question of how to apply the proceeds of a settlement agreement to a jury verdict.

Karen Hall (“Hall”) sued Dr. Henry Schulte and his wife (“Schulte”), Dr. Helmut Stich and his wife (“Stich”), and the Schulte Institute for Psychotherapy and Human Sexuality, Inc. (“Institute”). Hall claimed that Stich, a psychologist, engaged in sexual improprieties while treating her. Stich occupied office space at the Institute at the time he treated Hall. Hall claimed that Schulte was also negligent and further claimed that Schulte was derivatively…