Nelson v. Estate of Frederick

STUART, Justice.

The appellant Troy Nelson appeals the circuit court’s summary judgment entered in favor of the estate of Burton J. Frederick and the court’s failure to appoint an administrator ad litem for Frederick’s estate. The court entered a summary judgment for Frederick’s estate on the ground that when the limitations period on Nelson’s cause of action expired, which the trial court held was six months after Frederick’s death, no valid action was pending. Nelson asserts that the circuit court erred in entering the summary judgment because, he argues, a valid action was filed before the…