Burge v. Northwestern National Insurance Co. of Milwaukee

TERRI F. LOVE, Judge.

J^This appeal arises from the alleged wrongful murder conviction of the plaintiff. The chief investigator allegedly suborned perjury and withheld exculpatory evidence, which resulted in an acquittal of the plaintiff at his second trial. The plaintiff sued the sheriffs office and the chief investigator in federal court and received a multimillion dollar judgment. The plaintiff later learned of and sued an excess insurer twenty-four years after the murder. The excess insurer filed a motion for summary judgment claiming that it was released in a partial settlement and that…