Scutieri v. Miller

How courts have described this case

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• holding plaintiffs counsel cannot be charged with the responsibility to respond to a suggestion of death of which he had no knowledge
• holding plaintiffs counsel cannot be charged with the responsibility to respond to a suggestion of death of which he had no knowledge
• holding when a defendant dies during the pendency of a lawsuit, defense counsel has an obligation to promptly disclose the status of the estate, identity of the personal representative, or where appropriate, the identity of the next of kin or successors in interest
• holding when a defendant dies during the pendency of a lawsuit, defense counsel has an obligation to promptly dis close the status of the estate, identity the personal representative, or where appropriate, the identity of the next of kin or successors in interest
• “[T]he suggestion of death was filed by defendant’s attorney, rather than defendant’s personal representative. . . . The text of Rule 1.260(a)(1
• “In other words, the denial of receipt does not automatically overcome the presumption but instead creates a question of fact which must be resolved by the trial court.”

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