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HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC. v. GUNTER

Nos. 06-205, S-07-0076.

167 P.3d 645 (2007)

2007 WY 151

HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC., Appellant (Defendant), v. Retha GUNTER, a personal representative of the estate of James Albert Bates, Appellee (Plaintiff). In the Matter of the Estate of James Albert Bates, Deceased: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Appellant (Intervenor), v. Retha C. Gunter, personal representative of the estate of James Albert Bates, Appellee (Plaintiff).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

September 20, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Representing Appellant: Roger E. Shumate and James C. Worthen of Murane & Bostwick, LLC, Casper, Wyoming. Argument in Case No. 06-205 by Mr. Shumate.

Representing Appellee: Kent W. Spence and M. Kristeen Hand of The Spence Law Firm, LLC, Jackson, Wyoming. Argument in Case No. 06-205 by Mr. Spence.

Before VOIGT, C.J., and GOLDEN, HILL, and BURKE, JJ., and PRICE, D.J.

VOIGT, Chief Justice.

[¶ 1] The underlying question in these related cases is whether the personal representative appointed to pursue a civil wrongful death action under Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 1-38-102(a) (LexisNexis 2007) must be a resident of the State of Wyoming, as is required for intestate estate administrators under the probate code, Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 2-4-201(c) (LexisNexis 2007). We decline to answer that question because the probate court did not...

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