BERHANU v. METZGER

A89-11-07007; CA A67833.

850 P.2d 373 (1993)

119 Or. App. 175

Engedaw BERHANU, Personal Representative of the Estate of Mulugeta Seraw, Deceased, Respondent, v. Tom METZGER, individually and as President of the White Aryan Resistance; White Aryan Resistance, an unincorporated association; John Metzger, Appellants, and Kenneth Mieske and Kyle Brewster, Defendants.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided April 14, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Reed Lee, Chicago, IL, argued the cause for appellants. With him on the briefs were Michael Null and Michael Null & Associates, Chicago, IL, and Patricia Campbell, Salem, Oregon.

Elden Rosenthal, Portland, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Rosenthal & Greene, Portland, Morris Dees, J. Richard Cohen and Southern Poverty Law Center, Montgomery, AL, and Jeffrey Sinensky, New York City.

Before WARREN, P.J., and RICHARDSON, C.J., and EDMONDS, J.


WARREN, Presiding Judge.

Defendants1 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...

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