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Dead Woman's Family Drops Springer Suit
Jan 3, 11:03 PM EST
The family of a woman who was killed by her ex-husband after appearing with him on "The Jerry Springer Show" has dropped a multimillion dollar lawsuit against the program, attorneys said.
The lawsuit was filed by Jeffrey Campbell on behalf of his mother's estate last summer. It alleged that producers of the show had escalated the stormy relationship between 52-year-old Nancy Campbell and her ex-husband, Ralf Panitz.
Panitz, 43, was convicted of second-degree murder and received a life sentence in May 2002 for the July 24, 2000, beating death of his ex-wife. The show had been taped in May 2000. She was killed in her Sarasota home a few hours after the airing of the episode involving love triangles.
The family settled the case for nothing last month, partly because of a ruling in a similar case, Paul Vlachos, an attorney for the family, said Thursday.
In October, a Michigan appeals court threw out a jury's $29.3 million verdict against the "Jenny Jones" show, saying the program had no legal duty to protect a guest who had appeared on the show.
In a settlement agreement, attorneys for the show agreed not to countersue for malicious prosecution
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