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Harvard Law School Professor Robert Sitkoff has called to my attention that Scheffel v. Krueger, a case I successfully argued to the NH Supreme Court, appears in Wills, Trusts and Estates, the leading T&E law school text which Sitkoff and and Professor Jesse Dukeminier author. Kyle Krueger had sexually assaulted a minor (and allegedly filmed and internet […]
I will be on the panel for this CLE (Link works after Continue Reading) with Susan Abert, Brooksley Belanger, Judith Bomster, Ann Butenhof, David R. Craig, John E. Laboe, Dr. Eric Mart, Cheryl Steinberg, and Kerri Tasker. It looks like it should be a great program!
This case does not make any new law, but illustrates a number of important principles for fiduciary breach claims against trustees. The case arose from a trust established by Richard Hallett administered following his death by his widow and attorney serving as trustees. Upon his death, family and QTIP sub-trusts were to be funded. As detailed […]
