Capaldi v. Richards

STEELE, Chief Justice:

In this trust litigation, co-beneficiaries Lawrence and Joseph Capaldi appeal a *495judgment of the Court of Chancery restructuring the Emilio M. Capaldi Trust. Lawrence and Joseph claim that the Vice Chancellor erred by retaining Appellee Joseph Capano as trustee, by directing that Capano’s attorneys’ fees and costs be paid by the trust, and by ordering them to pay their own fees and costs. Because Capano, despite several instances of poor judgment, did not perform grossly negligently, and because his overall actions benefited the trust, we find that the Vice Chancellor…