Join us for a complimentary webinar covering a trustee’s ability to enforce beneficial trust and contract clauses that alter its duties and liabilities, including exculpatory, release, and disclaimer-of-reliance clauses. This presentation will also cover suggested tips for drafting these types of clauses.
In Hughes v. Hughes, a husband and wife sued each other for various claims, including breach of fiduciary duty. No. 13-15-00496-CV, 2017 Tex. App. LEXIS 3489 (Tex. App.—Corpus Christi April 20, 2017, no pet. history). In the charge conference, the wife objected to the question as having an improper
In Lee v. Rogers Agency, Lee purchased three whole-life insurance policies in the 1980s where each had a face value of $1,000,000. No. 06-15-00037, 2017 Tex. App. LEXIS 1069 (Tex. App.—Texarkana February 8, 2017, pet. filed). It was represented to Lee that the policies provided that Lee could shorten
In In re Fritz, a bankruptcy court determined whether an exception to dischargeability was present. No. 15-347950BJH, 2017 Bankr. LEXIS 930 (N.D. Tex. Bankr. April 3, 2017). Although the state court judgment jointly awarded the plaintiffs $100,000 in damages and post-judgment interest, it did not specify which of the
David F. Johnson, lead writer for the Texas Fiduciary Litigator blog, and Winstead Shareholder Justin Hoover presented “Trustees’ Use Of LLCs and Other Entity Forms To Hold Assets And Mitigate Risk” to the Texas Bankers Association 2017 Intermediate Trust and Estate Administration Seminar in Las Colinas, Texas. The presentation
In Walker v. Walker, a son sued his father and brother regarding the ownership of a beach house. No. 14-16-00357-CV, 2017 Tex. App. LEXIS 2742 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] March 30, 2017, no pet. history). The son alleged that the father made an oral gift of the property to
David F. Johnson, lead writer for the Texas Fiduciary Litigator blog, discusses a trustee’s decision to use entities to hold trust assets to mitigate risk. David covers benefits and other considerations that a trustee should contemplate before creating such an entity and transferring
David F. Johnson, lead writer for the Texas Fiduciary Litigator blog, presented Contractual Clauses That Impact Disputes at the 6th Annual Financial Services Seminar hosted by Winstead PC and the Tarrant County Bankers Association. David’s paper and presentation are attached below.
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In Eng v. Kolbe, a mother sued her daughter for abusing a power of attorney document. No. 03-15-00409-CV, 2017 Tex. App. LEXIS 2680 (Tex. App.—Austin March 30, 2017). The daughter was assisting her aging parents with their finances as her father suffered from dementia and her mother suffered from
In B Choice v. Epicentre Development Associates, the federal district court affirmed a magistrate’s recommendations concerning whether members of an LLC owe fiduciary duties to each other in Texas. No. H-14-2096, 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 46284 (S. D. Tex. March 29, 2017). The court held that whether the members