Everett v. Abbey

The State defendants appeal an interlocutory partial summary judgment order. In an earlier criminal proceeding against Harold and Idella Everett, a court reviewed several issues, including the techniques used when interviewing children in connection with an alleged child-sex-abuse-ring investigation, and it allowed the Everetts to withdraw their guilty pleas.1 The trial court in the present negligence action ruled that collateral estoppel barred the State defendants from litigating whether they used improper interview techniques when interviewing alleged child victims. We disagree. The…