Davis v. Estate of Davis

CORTIÑAS, J.

The Estate of James H. Davis (“Estate”) was closed in 1998 following a lengthy administration. During its administration, the Estate devised cash and real property to its two residual beneficiaries, the James H. Davis Trust U/W/D 05/28/95 F/B/O Hays A. Davis (“Trust”) and Brenda Webb (‘Webb”). Despite being closed, the Estate nevertheless pursued a claim against Marcus & Marcus, P.A. (“Mar*704cus”). Approximately eight years later, Marcus obtained a judgment for attorneys’ fees against the Estate in the amount of $103,949.91, based upon an unaccepted offer of judgment. In 2006,…