Dunn v. Sears

(Opinion March 16, 1981, 5 Cir., 1981, 639 F.2d 1171). In our original opinion in this Louisiana diversity case, we implied that the district court was in error when it both instructed the jury and propounded interrogatories to them concerning the possible liability of Amoco Oil Company, a defendant against whom the plaintiffs had compromised their claims and who was, therefore, no longer a party to the litigation. Sua sponte, we have reviewed this opinion and decided that the trial judge's actions were not in error and in fact were required by the Louisiana law on the liability of joint tortfeasors.