South v. White River Farm Bureau Co-Op

BAKER, Judge.

Today we revisit the issue of the power of a special personal representative to bring a wrongful death action. Appellant-plaintiff Tracy South, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Kenneth D. South, deceased, appeals the trial court's order granting summary judgment in favor of appellee-defen-dants White River Farm Burear Co-Op ("Co-Op") and Mid-State Manufacturing Corporation ("Mid-State") on the basis that South was not a proper plaintiff to bring the action. 1

FACTS

Kenneth South was electrocuted on August 9, 1989, while working as a farm laborer at Walton Acres, Inc.…