Berg ex rel. Estate v. Benton

*325Defendant appeals a judgment awarding money damages to plaintiff, the personal representative of the Deborah Higbee estate, in a wrongful death action. Defendant was accused of participating in Higbee's murder and, after a jury trial, he was convicted of two counts of aggravated murder, one count of attempted murder, and two counts of conspiracy to commit murder. During the wrongful death proceeding, plaintiff filed a motion for partial summary judgment asserting that liability and causation were established in defendant's criminal case and, therefore, issue preclusion barred defendant from…