CIVIL PROCEDURE BACK TO BASICS 23: YOU CAN'T SUE THE DEAD: BUT YOU CAN SUE THEIR ESTATE: WHAT TO DO IF THERE IS NO ESTATE

CIVIL PROCEDURE BACK TO BASICS 23: YOU CAN’T SUE THE DEAD: BUT YOU CAN SUE THEIR ESTATE: WHAT TO DO IF THERE IS NO ESTATE

January 14, 2019 · by · in Applications, Civil Procedure, Fatal Accidents, Members Content

This post is due to a search term that arrived on this blog today “how to join a deceased person to litigation”.   The simple answer is that you can’t. An action has to be against the deceased’s estate. Attempting to…