Barbara Eichholz v. Secura Supreme Insurance Co.

MELLOY, Circuit Judge.

Angela and Rodney Gilpin were murdered inside an apartment building owned and operated by Dennis and Sandra Pren-ger (collectively, the “Prengers”). Plaintiffs, survivors of the victims, obtained wrongful death judgments against the Prengers in state court. The state court found that the Prengers breached their landlord-tenant duty to provide security to their tenant (Angela) and her guest (Rodney) and awarded Plaintiffs $4 million in total damages.

In this diversity case, Plaintiffs filed an equitable garnishment action in Missouri state court, later removed to federal…