<div dir="ltr">Thanks, Dalynne! That is so helpful. I really appreciate your insight into this, and would love to see your form for rejecting a claim like this. <div><br></div><div>Again, I really appreciate you taking the time to respond! </div><div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Sarah Jael Dion</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Dion Law PLLC</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">206-550-4005</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><a href="mailto:sarah@dionlaw.com" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">sarah@dionlaw.com</a><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><a href="http://www.dionlaw.com/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">www.dionlaw.com</a><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">This message is private or privileged. If you are not the person for whom this message is intended, please notify me immediately and delete the message. Please do not copy or send this message to anyone else. </span><br></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Jul 8, 2019 at 7:29 AM Dalynne Singleton <<a href="mailto:dalynne@glgmail.com">dalynne@glgmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif">I serve as PR/Administrator in deceased defendant probates and am hired by plaintiff’s tort counsel to assist with their probate causes when the deceased defendant has no open
probate opened on his/her behalf and no one in the family comes forward. This is usually close to a SOL running in the tort litigation.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif">I’m sending you by separate email, a rejected creditor’s claim – you should reject the claim by the tort injured plaintiff and file it in the probate cause. Send a copy to
the attorney who served you with the creditor’s claim and also to defense counsel representing the PR of the Estate of your deceased person, copy to deceased defendant’s insurance adjuster. You do have to keep your probate open since the PR of the Estate
is a named party in litigation but the policy limits should be used first before claims to estate assets.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif">Also, look at the liability statute – if the creditor’s claim was served on you 2 or more years after the death of your decedent,
<span style="color:red">THE TORT PLAINTIFF IS LIMITED TO THE POLICY LIMITS</span>.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif">From my petition to open probate on behalf of a deceased defendant:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:0.5in"><b>Claims Against Estate Limited to Insurance Policy Limits.</b> The claims will be limited to the amount of the insurance policy pursuant to
<span style="color:red">RCW 11.40.051.</span><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> <a href="mailto:wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com" target="_blank">wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com</a> <<a href="mailto:wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com" target="_blank">wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Sarah Dion<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Sunday, July 7, 2019 7:44 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> WSBA Probate & Trust Listserv <<a href="mailto:wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com" target="_blank">wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [WSBAPT] Creditor's claim in probate-- can't accept but not a traditional rejection either<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">In one of my probates, the decedent was in a motor vehicle accident a few years before she died. The driver of the other car filed suit just as the SOL was about the expire. The suit is being defended by decedent's insurer, who has indicated
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<p class="MsoNormal">I notified the Plaintiff, as well as her attorneys, as potential known creditors of the estate. And of course, we just received a creditor's claim from the Plaintiff's attorneys for ten million dollars. <u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I know that we need to keep the probate open until the case is settled. But how do I respond to the claim? My tentative plan is to reject it, but to modify the language of my creditor rejection to state that we know a suit has already been
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks in advance for any ideas!<u></u><u></u></p>
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Dion Law PLLC <br>
206-550-4005<br>
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