Tera Bunton, Personal Representative of the Estate of Helen A. Lingley v. Alaska Airlines, Inc. and Dan Kane

Summary

The court affirmed disqualification of the former plaintiff’s attorney and dismissal under the substitution rule because no valid motion substituted the estate as a party. It held that the superior court could not enter summary judgment on the merits or award attorney fees against an estate that had never become a party and had no opportunity to contest those matters. The estate could not appeal denial of settlement enforcement or sanctions imposed on the attorney because it lacked standing to challenge those rulings.