Hartford Fire Insurance Co. v. Estate of Sanders

Eyler, Deborah S., J.

This estate case is in the unusual posture of being on its third level of court review. Hartford Fire Insurance Company (“Hartford”), the appellant, is the surety on a $20,000 personal representative bond obtained by Vanessa Sims, the former personal representative of the Estate of Robert L. Sanders (“Estate”), the appellee. In a proceeding to which Hartford was not on notice, the Orphans’ Court for Baltimore City entered an order finding that Sims had misappropriated $13,566.23 in Estate assets. When Sims failed to repay the Estate, Charleen Price, the present personal…