NY: Increased Liability for Estate Planning Attorneys
Estate of Schneider v. Finmann, Court of Appeals of New York, June 17, 2010 Facts: The defendant attorney represented decedent Saul Schneider from April 2000 to his death in October ...
Estate of Schneider v. Finmann, Court of Appeals of New York, June 17, 2010 Facts: The defendant attorney represented decedent Saul Schneider from April 2000 to his death in October ...
Leder v. Spiegel 31 AD3d 266, aff’d 9 N.Y.3d 836, 872 N.E.2d 1194 N.Y., 2007 NY Underlying probate Student Contributor: Ryan O’Donnell Facts: Defendant represented plaintiff in an underlying probate ...
In re Estate of Remsen, 99 Misc. 2d 92 (N.Y. Sur. Ct. 1979) NY Underlying Will Transaction Student Contributor: Melissa Goldberg Facts: Decedent died leaving a last will and testament ...
Steinberg v. Schnapp, 2010 NY Slip Op 02991 (1st Dept. April 13, 2010) Underlying Probate Matter Facts: Steinberg and Schnapp, both attorneys practicing independently, undertook the representation of another attorney, ...
Robert A. Borissoff v. Taylor & Faust et al., 33 Cal. 4th 523 (Cal. 2004) CA Underlying probate matters Student Contributor: Evan Michael Hess Facts: A special administrator in probate court ...
O’Donnell v. Smith, 52 Tex. Sup. Ct. J. 52 (Tex. 2009). TX: Underlying decedent’s estate claims Student Contributor: Aaron Moncibiaz* FACTS: Executor Thomas O’Donnell sued Decedent’s former attorneys, Cox & ...
Higgins v. Thurber (N.J. App. Div. April 21, 2010) NJ Underlying will contest Facts: At the time Salvatore Calcaterra died, he had been married to his second wife, Donna. Prior ...
In re Estate of Westin, 874 A.2d 139, 2005 PA Super 158 (Pa. Super. Ct. 2005) PA Underlying Will Probate Student Contributor: John Anzalone Facts: Creditors of an estate bring ...
Estate of Albanese v. Lolio, 393 N.J. Super. 355 (App. Div. 2007). NJ Underlying Probate Matter Student Contributor: Natalie Resto Facts: The decedent was survived by three daughters, all beneficiaries ...
Guy v. Liederbach, 501 Pa. 47 (Pa. 1983) PA. Underlying Will Action Student Contributor: Melissa Goldberg Facts: Kent, then a resident of Pennsylvania, retained Defendant to draft a one-page "Last ...