The daughter of homicide victim Nancy Pfister has settled the $25 million wrongful-death claim she filed against the convicted killer’s widow, the Aspen (Colo.) Daily News reported today. A stipulation motion filed by attorneys for Juliana Pfister and Nancy Masson in a U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Massachusetts says Juliana Pfister’s claim has been resolved. Pfister is expected to receive $850,000, the bulk of the $1 million life-insurance benefit Masson that received after her husband, William Styler, committed suicide in prison. A judge still has to approve the motion. Pfister sued Masson, who filed for bankruptcy last year, in February. Pfister was seeking more than $25 million. Masson listed about $92,000 in debt when she filed for bankruptcy, and a judge had her turn over $150,000 of the insurance benefit to the bankruptcy trustee in the case to pay debtors. After Pfister’s bankruptcy claim, a judge froze the remaining $850,000 of the insurance proceeds. Pfister’s claim is subordinate to four other debtors, meaning she will get the money when the other debts have been paid. The Pitkin County lawsuit alleges that Masson helped her husband in the murder of Nancy Pfister in 2014, and that she is profiting from a book she wrote about the case. The local lawsuit is stayed until the bankruptcy matter is resolved.
