Deaver v. Faucon Properties, Inc.

Josephine Linker Hart, Judge.

Ronny Deaver, as administrator for the Estate of Faye Deaver, appeals from an order of the Faulkner County Circuit Court striking and dismissing with prejudice a complaint for failure to properly revive the action after the death of Faye Deaver. On appeal, Deaver argues that the circuit court erred in dismissing his case because: 1) the lawsuit was properly revived by the entry of an order substituting him as a party for his mother, who died during the pendency of the action; 2) his filing of an amended complaint that raised a new cause of action either revived…