Opinion
No. 10 C 5767.
September 15, 2010
MEMORANDUM ORDER
This FMLA action has been brought in the name of the "Estate of Shahnaz Khavidi" against the late Dr. Khavidi's former employer, University of Illinois at Chicago ("University"). This memorandum order is issued sua sponte to correct a misapprehension on the part of plaintiff's counsel.
Under Illinois law a decedent's estate is not a legal entity capable of suing or being sued. Instead the proper plaintiff is the personal representative (executor or administrator, as the case may be) of the estate.
Accordingly plaintiff's counsel is ordered to file an appropriate amendment to the Complaint (a full-blown Amended Complaint is not necessary, unless counsel considers that to be preferable) on or before September 24, 2010. Because the matter addressed here is not jurisdictional in nature, this Court is contemporaneously issuing its customary initial scheduling order, and plaintiff's counsel is expected to provide University with copies of this memorandum order and of the amendment required by this order in conjunction with the service of process.
Date: September 15, 2010