Legal Opinion

Wilson v. Sanders

Court of Appeals of Utah

Decided July 18, 2019No. 20180048-CAPublishedCited by 12 opinions

Judge Ryan M. Harris authored this Opinion, in which Judges Gregory K. Orme and Michele M. Christiansen Forster concurred.

1Opinion of the Court

HARRIS, Judge:

¶1 After Elizabeth Wilson (Mother) died, her two adult children ended up in litigation over her estate. Gary Wilson (Plaintiff) sued his sister Elisabeth W. Sanders (Sister) and her husband Hiram Sanders (collectively, Defendants), seeking an order invalidating Mother's most recent testamentary instrument on the grounds that Defendants had subjected her to undue influence, and alleging that Defendants had intentionally inflicted emotional distress upon him. The case was eventually tried to a jury, which was persuaded by Plaintiff's arguments and not only found that Defendants…

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