Legal Opinion
Singer v. Mass. Mut. Life Ins. Co.
District Court, E.D. Illinois
Decided August 15, 2018No. 17-CV-03746PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
John J. Tharp, Jr., United States District Judge
"All happy families are alike. Each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way."1 This case presents the unique saga of the Singer clan, divided over patriarch Theodore Singer's estate. Theodore's wife, Dr. Rochelle Singer, maintains that their daughter, Deborah Singer, manipulated an ailing Theodore into diverting assets to a trust for which Deborah was the successor trustee and eventual beneficiary. Rochelle discovered the trust only after Theodore's death, and has now filed a complaint against Deborah alleging undue influence, tortious…
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