In RE ESTATE OF HARNETIAUX v. Hartzell

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• “An attorney has the right to contract with respect to his compensation before he undertakes the business of his client”
• the right to institute a wrongful death action and to settle it “is with the personal representative of the deceased and not with an heir”
• right to institute a wrongful death action and to settle the same is with the personal representative of the deceased, not with an heir, and personal representative may enter into a contract with attorney
• the right to 13 Nos. 1-06-1566, 1-06-1642 and 1-06-1643 (cons.) institute a wrongful death action and to settle it \is with the personal representative of the deceased and not with an heir\
• Wrongful Death Act contains no requirement that a guardian of the minor child intervene in wrongful death action; it is the administrator, and not the heir, who has both the right to institute and the right to settle a wrongful death action
• Wrongful Death Act contains no requirement that a guardian of the minor child intervene in wrongful death action; it is the administrator, and not the heir, who has both the right to institute and the right to settle a wrongful death action

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).