Indiana High Court Finds Widow’s Death Does Not Extinguish Survival Claims

(March 6, 2019, 10:46 AM EST) -- INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Supreme Court on Feb. 21 vacated an appeals court’s decision affirming a partial summary judgment award in favor of defendants in a wrongful death and survival action lawsuit brought by an elderly man who died intestate after initiating the action, holding that his survival action claims were not extinguished upon his death and that a proper party needs to be identified to pursue his claims (James T. Horejs, et al. v. Albert Milford, D.O., et al., No. 19S-CT-97, Ind. Sup., 2019 Ind. LEXIS 42)....

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