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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


Certiorari denied · May 17, 2021
Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability

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

  1. Aug 02 2021
    Rehearing DENIED.
  2. Jul 08 2021
    DISTRIBUTED.
  3. Jun 11 2021
    Petition for Rehearing filed.
  4. May 17 2021
    Petition DENIED.
  5. Apr 27 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/13/2021.
  6. Apr 22 2021
    Reply of petitioner Padma Rao filed. (Distributed)
  7. Apr 08 2021
    Brief of respondent Midland Trust Company in opposition filed.
  8. Mar 01 2021
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 9, 2021)