Yeomans v. Stackpole

Curran, Dennis J., J.

This dispute stems from Attorney John J. Roche’s actions in administrating a trust for which he served as co-trustee. Attorney Roche drafted the 1997 trust documents and acted as a co-trustee, and the lone managing trustee, from 1999 until his death in 2006. Christina Ursul, a beneficiary of the trust, and Frank Yeomans, the current trustee, have brought this suit against Attorney Roche’s estate, and two law firms with which he was associated, alleging that Attorney Roche violated his fiduciary duty to the trust by improperly managing the trust assets, significantly…