Kinsey v. Pangborn Corp.

RANDOLPH, Justice,

for the Court:

¶ 1. The “Last Will and Testament” of Ted Watkins, dated December 6, 2000, named his ex-stepdaughter, Diana Kinsey, to serve as the executrix of his estate and “will[ed], devis[ed], ... and bequeath[ed] all of [his] property” to her.1 Following Watkins’s death in July 2003, Kinsey was formally appointed executrix of Watkins’s estate in October 2003. In May 2004, Watkins’s estate was closed and Kinsey was discharged as executrix. In April 2007, Kinsey filed a wrongful-death action against various silica-related entities in the Circuit Court of Harrison County,…