Nicosia v. Lash

{17} This appeal decides the fate of litigation that may significantly affect Jan Kerouac’s (Decedent’s) rights concerning the literary works of her,father, Jack Kerouac. I respectfully dissent because I do not agree with the majority’s refusal to recognize the Literary Personal Representative’s authority to act within the separate domain established for him in Decedent’s First Codicil to her Last Will and Testament.

{18} The relationship of Decedent to her father and his literary works can not be understated. Jack Kerouac was a prominent figure in the “beat” counterculture who authored 18 or…