Coster v. Crookham

HARRIS, Justice.

This is an action for civil damages brought by income and remainder beneficiaries of an inter vivos trust. Defendants are the trustee, the trustee’s investment partner, the lender of a company in which the trustee and partner invested, and a bank which served the trust. A jury allowed recovery on many, though not all, of plaintiffs’ several theories of liability. This appeal and cross-appeal present a wide variety of related questions. We cannot resolve all issues on the basis of the special verdicts and must remand some matters for retrial.

John Coster and his wife Eleanor…