A Dane County judge ruled Tuesday that a negligence claim filed by the family of former UW-Madison student Brittany Zimmermann will move forward, according to the Wisconsin State Journal.
Zimmermann, 21, was stabbed and strangled to death by an intruder in her Madison apartment in April 2008. Her family is seeking to hold building owners Russ Endres and Carl Van Rooy and Wisconsin Management partially accountable for her death, alleging that there were defective locks and building code violations.
According to the Wisconsin State Journal, Circuit Court Judge Maryann Sumi has denied a motion for summary judgment by the building owners and management company. A summary judgment would have allowed the claim to be addressed without a full trial.
