On 2/20/2012 2:51, Le_Forgeron wrote:
> I'm from an area where the death of one party automatically close all
> the pending trials involving that person, as well as ending all
> contracts (excepted the explicit death-related ones which changes phases).

The same is true in the USA. But this is a new lawsuit against the estate of 
the deceased, and it's a tort, so it's neither a pending trial nor a contract.

> As long as it remains alive, no difference from a ball or a body part.
> As soon as he's dead, no difference either here: you cannot sue a dead
> person.

She's not suing a dead person. She's suing the estate, which means she's 
asking the judge to sign a check on behalf of the dead person.

Say someone owns a house, and dies, and leaves it to you in their will. How 
do you take ownership? Answer: You go to the judge and get him to sign a 
deed on the dead person's behalf transferring the house into your ownership.

Same thing here: She's asking the judge to tell the kid's insurance company 
or bank to sign a check on behalf of the kid to pay for her injuries.

-- 
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   People tell me I am the counter-example.

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