Malpractice Claim Against Estate Planner Time Barred
A Kansas appeals court rules that because an estate’s malpractice claim against an attorney who prepared estate documents is grounded in tort law and the injury did not occur during the decedent’s lifetime, the cause of action did not survive the decedent’s death. Jeanes v. Bank of America (Kan. Ct. App., No. 97,855, Aug. 29, […]