France v. Hunter

NANCY STEFFEN RAHMEYER, Judge.

Emma France (“Appellant”) filed two actions, one in federal District Court (“District Court”) and one in state trial court (“trial court”), 1 arising from the appointment of Rita Hunter (“Ms. Hunter”), the Public Administrator of Jasper County, as Appellant’s guardian and conservator. Appellant filed her first action in District Court on February 8, 2008, against three parties: the lawyer and law firm that represented Ms. Hunter in the guardianship appointment, John Podleski and Crandall & Podleski, P.C. (“Respondents”), and Ms. Hunter, individually and in her…