Binks Manufacturing Co. v. Casaletto-Burns

MEMORANDUM OPINION

HOLDERMAN, District Judge:

Mr. Thomas J. Burns, Sr. died on December 5, 1985. His death set in motion this dispute pitting his children against his wife in an unsavory contest for his legacy. In particular, this cause of action relates to Mr. Burns’ interest in the John Francis Roche, Jr. Savings and Profit Sharing Fund of Binks Manufacturing Company (hereinafter “Fund”). Mr. Burns was a long time employee of the Binks Manufacturing Company and at the time of his death he had accumulated some $180,000 in this profit sharing fund.

Because Mr. Burns’ wife and children contested…