Berhanu v. Metzger

Defendants 1 appeal from a judgment entered on a jury verdict for plaintiff. We affirm.

This case arises from the 1988 murder of Mulugeta Seraw in Portland. Plaintiff, the personal representative of Seraw’s estate, brought this action for wrongful death. Defendants represented themselves at the trial. The court submitted the case to the jury on three theories. The first two are theories of intentional wrongful death; the third is based on recklessness. The jury, in a special verdict, found for plaintiff on each theory. It made a single award of damages.

Plaintiff first argues that none of the…