Ament v. Reassure America Life Insurance

Christine T. McMonagle, Judge.

{¶ 1} Plaintiff-appellant, Dr. Albert Ament, as trustee of a trust agreement between him and his now deceased wife, Dr. Kyung H. Kim, sued his wife’s younger sister, Young Hee Shin Kim (“Young Hee”). 1 Dr. Ament alleged that Young Hee and his cousin, Theresa Stebbins, had caused his wife, through undue influence, fraudulent concealment, and fraudulent inducement, to change the beneficiary designation on a $500,000 life insurance policy from Ament, as trustee, to Young Hee. He sought a declaratory judgment that he was the rightful beneficiary. The jury found that…