Estate of Eubanks v. Eubanks

: CARLTON, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. This case arises from a wrongful-death action brought in the Jackson County Chancery Court resulting from the death of sixteen-year-old Dane Eubanks. Dane died as the result of an automobile accident in 2006, and his mother, Cecilia Borries (hereinafter referred to as the Ad-ministratrix) was named administratrix of his Estate.

¶2. As a procedural matter, we first recognize that the record reflects that pri- or to the wrongful-death .action, the Ad-ministratrix entered into a legal contract, which was approved by the chancellor, with attorney David E. Kihyat…