Nearly a year after retired Oregon City veterinarian Steven Milner was convicted of second-degree murder for killing the husband of an assistant he became obsessed with, he has agreed to a $1.2 million settlement with his victim’s estate.

The settlement notice, filed Nov. 20 in Multnomah County Circuit Court, says Milner will pay the estate of Kenny Fandrich $700,000, and Farmer’s Insurance will contribute another $500,000. Fandrich’s estate had sought $10 million for his death.

The deal appears to be the last word in a baroque legal case that began in September of 2022, when Fandrich filed a stalking complaint against Milner for conducting “a psychotic campaign intended to threaten, intimidate, frighten, and harass plaintiff, in substantial part because defendant had an affair with pl

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