Johnson v. Harnisch

During trial of a personal injury action plaintiffs settled with two of three alleged joint tort-feasors. We must again determine the effect of the settlement contract. The facts of the case and of the settlement follow.

Plaintiffs allege that on May 11, 1962, LaDena Johnson was operating her car in an easterly direction on Highway No. 18 near Fredericksburg, Iowa; defendant Yirgil Bahlmann was also driving easterly at the same time and place, the Bahlmann car was followed by a car owned by defendant Kathleen Harnisch and driven by defendant Phillip Harnisch; when plaintiff La-Dena Johnson was…