Canody v. Hamblin
Record No. 170747 Canody v. Hamblin (as published by the Virginia Supreme Court) In a proceeding brought by a daughter for probate of a three-page computer-generated document tendered as the will of her father, the... Read More
Sveen v. Melin, _ S. Ct. _ (June 11, 2018)
Case No: 16-1432 (As published by the US Supreme Court) The retroactive application of Minnesota’s revocation-on-divorce statute – which automatically nullifies an ex-spouse’s beneficiary designation on a life-insurance policy or other will substitute – does... Read More
Davis v. MKR Development, LLC
Record No: 171020 Davis v. MKR Development, LLC (As published by the Virginia Supreme Court) In a derivative action brought on behalf of a limited liability company by the majority shareholder against the entity appointed... Read More
Feeney, J. v. Feeney and Feeney, S. v. Feeney
Record No: 170031 (As published by the Virginia Supreme Court) In combined suits concerning a will’s residuary clause, which the parties agreed was unambiguous and its meaning could be decided on summary judgment without the... Read More
Globe Life & Accident Insurance Company v. Sturrock, No. 5:16-CV-28, 2018 WL 1575829 (W.D. Va. Mar. 30, 2018)
Upon a bench trial of an interpleader action to determine the rightful beneficiary of the decedent’s life insurance policy, the court found that the evidence showed that the decedent herself had misunderstood that she only... Read More
Mangrum v. Chavis
Record No: 160782 (unpublished order) In a case filed by the beneficiaries of an estate against the decedent’s power of attorney, the Court held that the trial court had erred when it found the attorney-in-fact... Read More
D’Ambrosio v. Wolf
Record No: 170521 (as published by the Virginia Supreme Court) The circuit court erred in concluding that a son’s challenge to the validity of his mother’s will is barred by claim preclusion, issue preclusion, or... Read More
MCR Federal, LLC v. JB&A, Inc.
Record No: 161799 (as published by the Virginia Supreme Court) In an action involving claims for breach of contract and constructive fraud arising out of a contract for the sale of a business, the circuit... Read More
Irving v. Divito
Record No: 170071 (as published by the Virginia Supreme Court) In a proceeding to review a clerk’s decision to deny probate to a handwritten notation on a tab-divider in a binder of estate planning documents,... Read More