A lawsuit over a fatal bear mauling near Yellowstone National Park is set to go to trial at the end of the year. Federal Judge Nancy Freudenthal (FREE'-den-thawl) has scheduled the trial to start Dec. 3 in Cheyenne. Erwin Evert of Park Ridge, Ill., was killed by a grizzly bear that had been tranquilized by researchers in Shoshone National Forest. Evert's widow, Yolanda Evert, is suing the federal government for $5 million. She claims that researchers let the bear go too soon and took down warning signs. The Everts spent summers in a cabin in the forest on the east side of Yellowstone. Freudenthal will decide the case instead of a jury. That's the standard practice with claims brought under the Federal Tort Claims Act.
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