Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of Vasquez
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided January 10, 1984PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Bertram R. Gelfand, J.
This is an application to receive the proceeds of causes of action arising from decedent’s death and to judicially account therefor. Objections to the account based upon the proposed allocation of the entire proceeds of the recovery to the wrongful death action have been filed by a claimant against decedent’s estate. Objectant’s claim arises from the same accident which resulted in decedent’s death. The nature of objectant’s claim is that he has a pending negligence action in the Supreme Court against decedent’s estate for an amount in excess of the…
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3Cited by1 opinion
- In re BielAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1984