Hartman v. Walker

By Judge Edward L. Hogshire

On August 30, 2006,1 J. Leonard Hartman (“Mr. Hartman”) filed a Complaint (“Compl.”) against Barbara H. Walker, Lynn-Hall W. Ward, and Robert Lee Walker, Jr. (referred to collectively as the “Walker Family”), and Margaret W. Martin, Anne W. Durrett, and Branch Banking & Trust Company of Virginia (“BB&T”), alleging that the defendants, as co-trustees and/or remainder beneficiaries of the J. Leonard Hartman Family Trust (“Hartman Trust”), breached their fiduciary duty to Mr. Hartman and violated the Prudent Investor Act, Va. Code Ann. § 26-45.3 et seq., and the…