SLUSHER v. OSPITAL BY OSPITAL

No. 19660.

777 P.2d 437 (1989)

Robert G. SLUSHER, Jr., Plaintiff and Appellee, v. Todd Paul OSPITAL, by his personal representative John OSPITAL, and Kenneth W. Brooks, Defendants, Cross-Claimants and Appellees, and Curtis Campbell, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of Utah.

June 23, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wendell E. Bennett, Salt Lake City, for defendant and appellant.

W. Scott Barrett, Logan, for plaintiff and appellee.

L. Rich Humpherys, Salt Lake City, for 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...

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