Judge Orders Trial in Anna Nicole Smith’s Death Reuters October 30, 2009 The Epoch Times http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/24560/ LOS ANGELES—A California judge Friday ordered the boyfriend and two doctors of former Playboy model and actress Anna Nicole Smith to stand trial on charges of fueling her addiction to prescription drugs. Smith, 39, whose life as a fashion Keep Reading…
O’Quinn, assistant killed in crash Taylor Timmins and Rucks Russell/11 News October 30, 2009 khou.com http://www.khou.com/topstories/stories/khou091029_tnt_allen-parkway-double-fatal.264088119.html HOUSTON— Two people, including one of Houston’s most prominent attorneys, were killed Thursday morning in a single-vehicle crash on Allen Parkway. Famed trial lawyer John O’Quinn and an assistant were traveling westbound on Allen Parkway in a black Suburban Keep Reading…
Korbel family’s heated battle settled in secret Kevin Fagan October 29, 2009 San Francisco Chronicle http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/10/28/BA121ABEOH.DTL&tsp=1 The warring family factions of the Korbel Champagne Cellars winery empire have settled their dispute in court – with an emphatic flourish. Korbel owner Gary Heck and his daughter, Richie Ann Samii, who was seeking tens of millions of Keep Reading…
EXCLUSIVE: Judge leans toward finding Ike Turner’s children as heirs Tentative ruling says musician died without a vaild will Teri Figueroa October 30, 2009 North County Times http://www.nctimes.com/news/local/sdcounty/article_cac69256-dc39-5860-b32f-3bc665874781.html Musician Ike Turner did not have a valid will when he died of a cocaine overdose in his San Marcos home in 2007, and thus his adult Keep Reading…
Documents suggest Metz had threatened wife, family members before shooting Nicholas C. Stern October 3, 2009 The Frederick News-Post http://www.wtop.com/?nid=25&sid=1777430 A Frederick man charged in the shooting death of his wife told police he waited an hour before calling 911, according to charging documents filed in Frederick County District Court. Marshall Franklin Metz, 65, told Keep Reading…
Estate of Denial® provides news, analysis and commentary on abusive practices occurring in probate courts and via probate instruments (wills, trusts, guardianships, powers of attorney). We provide original perspective to educate the public regarding this growing threat to both individual freedoms and property rights.An estate lawyer accused of a “wrongful scheme” to steer money to himself from the estates of the late June M. Farrington and her surviving brother will pay back $410,000 as part of a settlement. Estate lawyer Stephen M. Newman also resigned as executor and trustee of all of the estates and trusts he set Keep Reading…
Shannon Price failed to prove that she and Gary Coleman had a common-law marriage after their 2009 divorce. Fourth District Judge James R. Taylor ruled Monday that while Price had lived in the former “Diff’rent Strokes” star’s home after their marriage ended, the relationship failed to meet the state’s standard for a common-law marriage. “There Keep Reading…
Police Detective Jason Takacs has two thick files filled with paperwork supporting charges that a local deli owner bilked three elderly siblings of more than $200,000. Takacs credits cooperation among police, People’s United Bank, the Fairfield Probate Court and a forensic accountant from the chief state’s attorney’s office with the Thursday arrest of Carmella Jamshidian, Keep Reading…
Here’s more big government “smoke and mirrors” from the state of Texas. In watching media postings across the country, it’s highly trendy to decry the need to protect the elderly and the vulnerable. It makes people feel good to think “someone” is out there with an eye on things. Problem comes in that those “someones” Keep Reading…
Two of Don Barden’s siblings have alleged “gross irregularities” in the handling of the late casino mogul’s estate, including a potentially phony trust agreement. “It quite simply appears to be a fraud,” Farmington Hills attorney Steven Cohen charged in court papers last month. He represents Helen Robinson and Douglas Barden, who are challenging the validity Keep Reading…
