In Re: Estate of Viola B. Copas

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF TENNESSEE AT KNOXVILLE June 22, 2011 Session IN RE ESTATE OF VIOLA B. COPAS consolidated with NORMAN COPAS, ET AL. V. RANDALL COPAS1 Appeal from the Chancery Court for Washington County No. 8501 & P-42-63-05 G. Richard Johnson, Chancellor No. E2010-00877-COA-R3-CV-FILED-JANUARY 20, 2012 This appeal concerns whether the son of a decedent breached his fiduciary duty under a power of attorney and as the personal representative of the decedent’s estate. The siblings sued their brother, asserting that he used undue influence over their mother in order to unlawfully…