Legal Opinion
Jendusa-Nicolai v. Larsen
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 18, 2012No. 11-1256PublishedCited by 83 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
The defendant in this adversary proceeding in bankruptcy, David Larsen, attempted to murder his ex-wife, Teri Jen-dusa-Nicolai. He was convicted of state and federal crimes and sentenced to life in prison. Athough his attempt had failed, he had inflicted severe injuries that resulted in her suffering a miscarriage and the amputation of all her toes; for after beating her with a baseball bat he had sealed her in a garbage can filled with snow and left it (and therefore her) in an unheated storage facility, causing severe frostbite. In a tort suit that she brought together…
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