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Padma Rao v. Midland Trust Company
Paid petition · Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, No. 1-19-1427 · judgment February 20, 2020
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
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.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Michael Anthony Steigmann
Law Office of Michael Steigmann
For respondent
Mark R. Singler
FMS Law Group LLC
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Aug 02 2021Rehearing DENIED.
- Jul 08 2021DISTRIBUTED.
- Jun 11 2021Petition for Rehearing filed.
- May 17 2021Petition DENIED.
- Apr 27 2021DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/13/2021.
- Apr 22 2021Reply of petitioner Padma Rao filed. (Distributed)
- Apr 08 2021Brief of respondent Midland Trust Company in opposition filed.
- Mar 01 2021Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 9, 2021)