9th Circuit Majority Finds Deceased Man’s Sister Is His Heir

Mealey's (April 30, 2019, 12:21 PM EDT) -- SEATTLE — A 2-1 Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on April 24 vacated a federal judge in Idaho’s ruling that the sister of a man who was shot by FBI agents is not his heir and that she could not bring a wrongful death claim against the government, holding that she is his only heir under Idaho law because he had no living parents, spouse or children (Estate of James Lee DiMaggio v. United States, No. 18-35206, 9th Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 12155)....