Legal Opinion
Wolder v. Rahm
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided January 19, 1977No. 2-57863PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REYNOLDSON, Justice.
In this appeal we confront the issue whether a person whose probate claim has become barred by failure to file the statutory request for hearing following its disal-lowance may thereafter maintain a civil action against the personal representative based on the same tort.
Dr. Herbert C. Merillat, a specialist in internal medicine and psychiatry, died January 13, 1974. An estate was opened on petition of this plaintiff as creditor.
June 4, 1974, plaintiff filed a $150,000 claim in Merillat’s estate, alleging malpractice in prescribing and administering overdoses of various…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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