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· 1/15/2010

Antisdel v. Ashby

Citations

  • 688 S.E.2d 163
  • 279 Va. 42

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that the defendants’ failure to challenge standing in the nonsuited action did not bar them from asserting it in the new action
  • discussing that wrongful death claims are brought by administrators of a decedent’s estate on behalf of the beneficiaries of a decedent’s estate
  • discussing the appointment of a personal representative for the purpose of wrongful death and personal injury survival actions in terms of \fiduciary power\
  • discussing the appointment of a personal representative for the purpose of wrongful death and personal injury survival actions in terms of “fiduciary power”
  • “When the language of a statute is unambiguous, [the Court] is bound by the plain meaning of the words used.”
  • “[W]e will apply an act of the legislature by giving reasonable effect to every word used.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Barbara Milano Keenan

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