Brown v. Wright, Unpublished Decision (1-6-2006)

OPINION

{¶ 1} The issue this appeal presents is whether a duly-appointed personal representative of an incompetent person in whose name a civil action was previously commenced may either (1) act as the ward's legal representative in the action or (2) prosecute the action pro se in place of the ward without having appeared as a party plaintiff in the action. We conclude that neither avenue is available to a personal representative and, accordingly, we will affirm the judgment from which this appeal was taken.

{¶ 2} The underlying action was commenced on July 10, 2003, by Kenneth Brown, pro se,…