Seventh Circuit Revives Claims Over Deadly Hunger Strike
The Seventh Circuit ruled Friday that medical staffers could likely have prevented a jailed woman’s death after she stopped eating or drinking for two weeks.
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Man Linked to Relatives’ Deaths Seeks Access to Trust Fund
A Vermont man accused by relatives of killing his millionaire grandfather and his mother to collect inheritance money asked a Connecticut probate judge Tuesday to allow him immediate access to $150,000 in a family trust so he can pay for legal expenses.
Read more$4 Billion Verdict Against Bank Cut to $7 Million
A Texas probate judge reduced a widow’s $4 billion verdict against JPMorgan Chase to only $7 million, 10 months after a jury found that the bank mishandled the estate of a former American Airlines executive.
Read moreTop New Hampshire Court Reverses in Adult Adoption Case
A New Hampshire woman seeking to be adopted as an adult by an unmarried man can still maintain a legal relationship with one of her birth parents, the New Hampshire Supreme Court ruled.
Read moreJudge Weighs In on Struggle Over Marvel’s Stan Lee
The private struggle over the care and legacy of Marvel mastermind Stan Lee played out in public Friday in a Los Angeles courtroom as attorneys working with his daughter shoved aside a previous lawyer and reasserted that they represent the 95-year-old Lee.
Read moreFormer Probate Judge Accused of Soliciting Sex for Reduced Charges
A former Georgia probate judge is facing bribery and civil rights violation charges alleging that he solicited sexual favors in exchange for reduced charges from three women.
Read moreCongresswoman’s ‘Death Tax’ Saga a Lesson in Estate Planning
During her time as South Dakota’s lone congresswoman, Rep. Kristi Noem has long told a tale about the Internal Revenue Service’s crushing “death tax” on her farming and ranching family shortly after her father’s untimely death. But court documents suggest Noem’s story is less a tale of the taxman cometh, and more about bungled estate planning.
Read moreItaly OKs Living Wills Amid Long-Running Euthanasia Debate
Italy’s Senate gave final approval Thursday to a law allowing Italians to write living wills and refuse artificial nutrition and hydration, the latest step in the Roman Catholic nation’s long-running and agonizing debate over euthanasia and end-of-life issues.
Read moreRock Legend Bill Graham’s Sons Lose Renewed Estate Fight
The sons of legendary concert promoter Bill Graham cannot prove their rights to concert posters and other San Francisco Bay Area rock memorabilia they say they were swindled out of by Graham’s estate executor, the Ninth Circuit ruled Wednesday.
Read more9th Circuit Finds No Infringement in Steinbeck Family Feud
The Ninth Circuit Court on Thursday waded into an ongoing family feud over the works of John Steinbeck, ruling the celebrated author’s sons and a daughter-in-law have no right to stop movie adaptations of his literary work.
Read moreRock Legend Bill Graham’s Sons Renew Estate Fight at Ninth
Storied concert promoter Bill Graham died in 1991, but his sons are still locked in a bitter legal fight with the executor of his estate over his rock memorabilia, including hundreds of concert posters and scrapbooks.
Read moreMaya Angelou’s Son, Grandson Fight Over Poet’s Legacy
The grandson of Maya Angelou is trying to wrest control of the late poet’s intellectual property from his father and has bankrupted a company the two set up to manage her legacy, the father claims in a state court lawsuit filed Monday.
Read moreJohn Steinbeck’s Step-Daughter Wins $13M in Estate Feud
A federal jury has awarded over $13 million to John Steinbeck’s step-daughter on claims that the author’s late son and widow interfered in movie adaptations of two of his most famous novels.
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Sumner Redstone’s Ex’s Lawsuit Proceeds
A state court judge Monday refused to toss the claims of Sumner Redstone’s ex-girlfriend, who says his daughter Shari Redstone prevented her from getting her share of the media mogul’s estate.
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‘Destitute’ Son Sues Barry White’s Estate for His Share
The son of soul singer Barry White is suing the singer’s former wife saying he is nearly homeless and destitute because she refused to give him a fair share of his father’s estate.
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