On 20-2-2012 19:20, Darren New wrote:
> On 2/19/2012 23:24, andrel wrote:
>> Why would you beat on the relatives that recently suffered a great
>> loss and
>> are is no way responsible for what occurred?
>
> It's not the relatives getting sued. It's the estate of the dead person,
> which means basically she's petitioning a judge to sign a check on
> behalf of the dead person to pay her back for her medical expenses.
> There's no need for the relatives to even hear about the lawsuit,
> technically. It's just a thing that goes through probate along with the
> rest of the inheritance process. It's really no more discombobulating
> than having the people inheriting some real-estate property going to the
> judge saying "please sign a deed that gives the heirs the ownership of
> the house."

We don't have such an estate construct as far as I know. I am trying to 
understand how that works in practice. I assume that the heirs hear 
about it anyway because there is a bill. What happens if the dead person 
has not enough money in the bank to pay? Will someone sell his car to 
settle it?

> Remember that a "lawsuit" doesn't necessarily even mean someone is
> contesting something. It just means you're asking the judge to apply
> some law.

Sure. The only time I was in court was when my godfather was made my 
second guardian after my father died. I don't remember someone jumping 
to his feet shouting 'objection' or something.


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