PIERRE - Family members of a woman whose husband is serving life in prison for killing her have asked a judge to forgo a trial and rule in their favor in a $5.3 million lawsuit filed against Brad Reay.
Tami Burns Reay's family members filed their original wrongful death lawsuit in October 2007. Those listed as plaintiffs are Haylee Reay, daughter of Brad and Tami Reay; Tami's parents, Don and Bonnie Burns, and sisters Holly Givens and Raquel Pendergast. They live in Lander, Wyoming.
Tami Reay was stabbed and killed in 2006, and Brad Reay was charged with murder. During his 2007 trial, Reay testified that the couple's 12-year-old daughter actually killed Tami.
Reay, of Pierre, has appealed his conviction to the state Supreme Court, which has yet to rule.
