What is the test for determining whether a beneficiary of a deceased person can sue for damages against the deceased's estate?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Estate of Jeffers, 134 Cal.App.3d 729, 182 Cal.Rptr. 300 (Cal. App. 1982):
There appears to be no valid basis for distinguishing this case from Meyer v. Johnson, supra. It is true that in that case, the court rejected [134 Cal.App.3d 736] the claim of an heir of a beneficiary responsible for the death of the
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