H.L. Hunt heirs locked in bitter fight over control of funds’ fortunes Diane Jennings, Michael Grabell February 10, 2008 The Dallas Morning News http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/city/dallas/stories/021008dnmethillmain.3a7d3fd.html For more than 75 years the Hunt family has meant big money in Big D, and often big news, too. Eccentric oilman H.L. Hunt built the world’s largest fortune and secretly Keep Reading…
Hunt vs. Hunt: The Fight Inside Dallas’ Wealthiest Family Gretel C. Kovach February 20, 2008 D Magazine http://www.dmagazine.com/Home/2008/02/14/Hunt_vs,-d-,_Hunt_The_Fight_Inside_Dallas_Wealthiest_Family.aspx Tom Hunt sits at an executive desk downtown at Hunt Petroleum Corporation, on the 49th floor of Thanksgiving Tower, studying a thick stack of paper that has his lawyer worried. The documents outline the wills he will Keep Reading…
Hunt family’s rancor on rise as trial nears Diane Jennings April 27, 2010 The Dallas Morning News http://www.dentonrc.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/042810dnmethilltrial.3f2219b.html The battle between oil heirs Al Hill Jr. and his son Al Hill III over hundreds of millions of dollars of family money grows increasingly ugly, but neither side appears ready to wave a white flag. The Keep Reading…
The deaths of Bernice Novack and her son Ben Novack, Jr. continue to be a source of mystery for law enforcement both in Florida where Bernice died and in New York, locale of Ben’s death. The disposition of estate assets also continues as an unresolved issue. The estate of John O’Quinn, the late Houston trial Keep Reading…
O’Quinn’s companion seeks part of his estate as common-law wife Mary Flood April 21, 2010 Houston Chronicle http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6969001.html The longtime companion of the late trial lawyer John O’Quinn is asking for a piece of his estate as his common-law wife, lawyers confirm. Darla Lexington, who lived with O’Quinn for more than 10 years, has asked 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.Newnan accountant Mayo Royal Jr. was sentenced to serve five years in prison and a total of 15 years on probation after pleading guilty Monday to seven counts of theft by taking and one count of false swearing in connection with Royal’s mismanagement of the estate of the late Edgar B. Hollis. The terms of Keep Reading…
We are glad to see the egregious legal case of fellow Texan Jeff Baron get new exposure from a reputable national media outlet. Barbara Hollingworth of The Washington Examiner reports: When Jeff Baron came to Washington this month, he was wearing a borrowed suit. Once upon a time, the Internet pioneer — who taught himself Keep Reading…
Is Joey Dauben Being Railroaded in Corsicana? is the question recently asked by D Magazine Editor in Chief/Founder Wick Allison. It’s also a question deservedly, legitimately asked. Here’s Allison’s post: Dauben, the iconoclastic publisher we profiled last March, has been sitting in the Navarro County lockup since he was arrested on molestation charges in December. He Keep Reading…
This is difficult to imagine, but it is true. An aging parent begins to decline. She needs care. She comes to depend on her adult child. Polly is 97 and has only one daughter, Vicky. Vicky moved in with her mother to become Polly’s caregiver about a year ago. Recently, Vicky apparently decided that her Keep Reading…
NEWARK, N.J. — The mother of late boxer Arturo Gatti’s daughter can’t sue his widow for wrongful death in New Jersey, a judge ruled in dismissing the lawsuit Friday. Erika Rivera, a central New Jersey resident, filed the lawsuit last fall on behalf of then-5-year-old Sofia Bella Gatti. The suit blames Gatti’s widow, Amanda Rodrigues Keep Reading…
