Ratcliffe v. Apantaku

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• holding that a non-attorney personal representative could not represent the legal interest of the decedent’s estate in a pro se capacity in a wrongful-death action
• holding that a non-attorney personal representative could not represent the legal interest of the decedent's estate in a pro se capacity in a wrongful-death action
• holding that a nonlawyer personal representative could not represent the legal interest of the decedent’s estate in a pro se capacity in a wrongful death action
• voiding a wrongful-death and survival action brought in a representative capacity by a pro se plaintiff who was a layperson and not an attorney licensed to practice law
• voiding a wrongful-death and survival action brought in a representative capacity by a pro se plaintiff who was a layperson and not an attorney licensed to practice law

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Cited by

15 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Kelly v. Saint Francis Med. Ctr.
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 2017-01-27· cited 99×
• Ford Motor Credit Co. v. Sperry
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2005-03-24· cited 77×
• Linda Beard v. James William Branson
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 2017-08-30· cited 75×
• Davenport v. Lee
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 2002-04-11· cited 74×
• Downtown Disposal Services, Inc. v. The City of Chicago
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2012-11-01· cited 72×
• Applebaum v. RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2008-11-20· cited 34×
• Steele v. McDonald
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2006-10-18· cited 29×
• Pratt-Holdampf v. Trinity Medical Center
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2003-05-12· cited 26×
• Brown v. Coe
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2005-07-07· cited 13×
• Applebaum v. Rush University Medical Center
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2007-09-28· cited 12×
• In re Estate of Mattson
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2019-10-08· cited 12×
• Downtown Disposal Services, Inc. v. City of Chicago
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2011-02-03· cited 11×
• Rojo v. Tunick
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2021-09-29· cited 8×
• Unnamed case
  Tex. App. Ct., 10th Dist. (Waco)· 2006-10-18
• Wilbur v. Tunnell
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2020-07-10

Cites

8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Marina Zarnes v. Randall Rhodes, Sergeant 402, Officer of the Sheriff's Department, Don M. Lamb, U.S. Marshal Service
  Seventh Circuit· 1995-08-24· cited 205×
• Charles Thomas v. Warden Frank J. Pate, Luther W. Miller v. Illinois Dept. Of Correction, Illinois State Penitentiary, Warden Frank j.pate
  Seventh Circuit· 1974-04-04· cited 180×
• John T. O'reilly, and Contemporary Mission, Inc. v. The New York Times Company
  Second Circuit· 1982-11-02· cited 86×
• Blue v. People
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1992-01-09· cited 42×
• Waite v. Carpenter
  Nebraska Court of Appeals· 1992-10-27· cited 36×
• Mueller v. North Suburban Clinic, Ltd.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1998-09-30· cited 21×
• Daley v. American Drug Stores, Inc.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1998-02-26· cited 18×
• In re Marriage of Schmidt
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1993-01-28· cited 8×

Other cases named Ratcliffe v. Apantaku

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• Ratcliffe v. Apantaku
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2000-12-29