Legal Opinion
Notley Gwinn Maddox, Jr. v. Claude Patterson, Jr.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided June 13, 1990No. 89-1783EMPublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ELMO B. HUNTER, Senior District Judge.
Appellants brought this wrongful death action against their deceased mother’s live-in paramour, Claude “Pat” Patterson, Jr. Appellants’ mother, Muriel Maddox, was a terminally ill cancer patient at the time of her death. Shortly prior to Ms. Maddox’s death, she and Patterson consulted an attorney for the purpose of changing their wills. The change in Ms. Maddox’s will effectuated appellants’ disinheritance and left her estate to Patterson in the event he survived her. Appellants alleged that Patterson procured these changes and, after doing so, murdered…
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