No. 20-1254

Padma Rao v. Midland Trust Company

Lower Court: Illinois
Docketed: 2021-03-10
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Tags: civil-procedure due-process legatee probate probate-estate property-rights standing survival-act wrongful-death
Key Terms:
DueProcess FourthAmendment JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2021-05-13
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Petitioner daughter and legatee of the deceased in a probate estate has any standing under the Due Process Clause to protect her property rights

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Whether the Petitioner daughter and legatee of the deceased in a probate estate has any standing under the Due Process Clause to protect her property rights by objecting to an improper settlement by the estate administrator of a civil action for both: 1) a wrongful death claim for which the Petitioner is a true party in interest; and 2) a Survival Act claim on behalf of the estate where Petitioner is a fifty-percent legatee under the will.

Docket Entries

2021-08-02
Rehearing DENIED.
2021-07-08
DISTRIBUTED.
2021-06-11
2021-05-17
Petition DENIED.
2021-04-27
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/13/2021.
2021-04-22
Reply of petitioner Padma Rao filed. (Distributed)
2021-04-08
Brief of respondent Midland Trust Company in opposition filed.
2021-03-01
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 9, 2021)

Attorneys

Midland Trust Company
Mark R. SinglerFMS Law Group LLC, Respondent
Padma Rao
Michael Anthony SteigmannLaw Office of Michael Steigmann, Petitioner