Donohue v. Highlands Underwriters Insurance

Opinion

BENSON, J.

This is an appeal from two orders of the court approving compromises of claims by a conservator of a conservatorship estate, overruling the objections of a surety to the settlements and denying the surety’s claim of lien on the settlement proceeds. We reverse the orders of the trial court approving the settlements and affirm the orders denying the liens.

Factual Background

Clara Bell Jackson, as successor conservator of the estate of Gary S. Edwards, conservatee, filed two petitions for approval of compromises of the conservatorship estate’s claims against Hibernia Bank…