Parrish v. Jessee

This appeal arises out of an action filed by the present guardian of a person under a disability challenging a prior court-approved settlement agreement entered into on behalf of that person by a former guardian. The present guardian sought to void the settlement in part in the circuit court with supervisory jurisdiction over her guardianship more than a year after the settlement had been approved by another circuit court which had jurisdiction over the underlying tort claim.

On August 9, 1985, Douglas Parrish (Douglas) was catastrophically injured and rendered incompetent in an automobile *517acci…