Legal Opinion
Davenport v. Lee
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided April 11, 2002No. 01-456PublishedCited by 71 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Donald L. Corbin, Justice.
This appeal is before us on a petition for review from a decision by the Arkansas Court of Appeals concluding that a non-attorney personal representative is not authorized to file a pro se complaint in a wrongful-death action, but that such a defect did not render the complaint a nullity. See Davenport v. Lee, 73 Ark. App. 247, 40 S.W.3d 346 (2001). We granted the petition, pursuant to Ark. Sup. Ct. R. 1-2 (e) (iii). We affirm the trial court’s order.
This appeal stems from events surrounding the death of Linda Kay Moore. On February 11, 1997, Moore went to the…
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