stepfather well off after mom dies

[triggertrev]

the days before my mom passed away she kept telling me she was working on a lawsuit against the doctors in california and there would be money for me and my brother. When I asked stepfather about it, he said he didnt know what I was talking about. well now all of sudden he has mercedes, homes at the bEACH AND DESERT AND EXPENSIVE PAINTINGS. I would like to know how I can find out if he cashed out on my mom and left everybody out.

 

[Souix]

the days before my mom passed away she kept telling me she was working on a lawsuit against the doctors in california and there would be money for me and my brother. When I asked stepfather about it, he said he didnt know what I was talking about. well now all of sudden he has mercedes, homes at the bEACH AND DESERT AND EXPENSIVE PAINTINGS. I would like to know how I can find out if he cashed out on my mom and left everybody out.

***Didn't you already post this same question a few days ago? How come you keep deletiing the state where this occured? Who is the Executor of your mom's estate, maybe they can give you an accounting of how the estate was disbursed

 

[triggertrev]

i got the run around. so I trying to find out how to see if he received any money from a lawsuit he may have carriedout on his own.

 

[Souix]

i got the run around. so I trying to find out how to see if he received any money from a lawsuit he may have carriedout on his own.

***Find out who is the PR or Executor of the estate and ask them for an accounting***

 

[I AM ALWAYS LIABLE]

i got the run around. so I trying to find out how to see if he received any money from a lawsuit he may have carriedout on his own.

My response:

More than probably not. What your Mom didn't know or understand is that when a person, such as herself dies, the value of their case virtually dies with them; i.e., When a person who is in litigation dies, "pain and suffering" damages dies right along with them. In most cases, pain and suffering damages is the largest portion of a person's lawsuit.

However, he may have also been a plaintiff against the doctor for his "loss of consortium". In that instance, that's HIS cause of action, and any money received from that portion of the case is entirely his.

So, if your step-dad continued the case on behalf of your Mom's estate, he continued it to obtain "pecuniary" damages - - a small amount by comparison.

So, the money had to have come from some other source like a hefty life insurance policy. If that's the case, you wouldn't be entitled to that insurance money anyway.

Unless you know the name of the case, and in which county of California it was filed, it's doubtful you find any information about it.

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