Slusher v. Ospital by Ospital

ORME, Court of Appeals Judge:

Curtis Campbell appeals from adverse judgments entered against him in this multiparty case arising from a tragic highway accident. The appeal is focused exclusively on the trial court’s handling of a settlement entered into, shortly before trial, between plaintiff and one defendant. We conclude that the court erred in not disclosing the settlement to the jury. However, as we are not persuaded that this error was prejudicial, we affirm.

FACTS

Plaintiff Robert G. Slusher, Jr., was traveling in a six-van caravan on a two-lane highway through the Dry Lake area of…