An attorney who represents a beneficiary of an estate to remove an executor and who later represents the same person as successor executor does not have a conflict of interest. An objection claiming that the destruction of a computer caused … Continue reading
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A setoff will be allowed to the Pennsylvania Bureau of Medical Care Availability and Reduction of Error Fund (“MCARE”) allowing it to reduce the amount of damages it owes to the estate by its share of punitive damages payable to … Continue reading
Action against lawyer to decedent and charitable beneficiary of estate was dismissed because lawyer did not have conflict of interest merely because the lawyer’s partner has represented the charity in other matters and charity was not unjustly enriched. Estate of Kasych … Continue reading
Court involuntarily terminated parental rights of mother for two children, each with a different father, because mother has substance abuse problems and was derelict in her parental care of both children for more than 6 months prior to petition to … Continue reading