Personal Injury Law

Justice sought by mother in daughter's murder

By Kirk Bernard, Esq.

A man who was just released from a Massachusetts prison killed Beverly and Brian Mauck. Daniel Tavares had been let out after serving time for killing his mother. Now Beverly?s mother says she owes it to her murdered daughter and son-in-law to change the state law.

Beverly's mother, Karen Slater, says she feels helpless trying to hold that prison accountable for releasing Tavares. She wants to file a wrongful death lawsuit against the prison but can't do so under the state law. According to the Mauck family, Tavares should have been held in prison longer. He apparently had a history of attacking prison guards and making threats against then-Gov. Mitt Romney.

"Even though there's criminal action, conviction and sentencing occurred, the ability to seek civil action is not allowed," said Rep. Timm Ormsby, R-Spokane.

Full post as published by Seattle Injury Blog on March 04, 2008 (boomark / email).