https://www.overlawyered.com/2006/08/dead-man-suing/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Wed, 02 Aug 2006 22:21:22 +0000 hourly 1 https://www.overlawyered.com/2006/08/dead-man-suing/comment-page-1/#comment-3648 Wed, 02 Aug 2006 22:21:22 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=3779#comment-3648 The story reminds me of a Monty Python skit in which the barrister, played be John Cleese, calls for testimony from “the late Arthur Aldridge”

]]> https://www.overlawyered.com/2006/08/dead-man-suing/comment-page-1/#comment-3647 Wed, 02 Aug 2006 15:44:02 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=3779#comment-3647 I think it happens quite often. When the plaintiff dies in a civil tort case, those attorneys can have nothing to do with the probate action which would set-up the estate of the deceased. Thus, they are at the mercy of the family and the family’s probate attorney to get the process rolling. During that time the case is essentially in limbo.

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