Legal Opinion
Kaplan v. Kaplan
District Court, M.D. Florida
Decided October 30, 2012No. Case No. 2:10-cv-237-UA-SPCPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
STEVEN D. MERRYDAY, District Judge.
Mack Kaplan died testate on July 28, 2006, and probate began a month later in In re Estate of Mack Kaplan, No. 06-843-CP-02-LDM (Fla. 20th Cir. Ct. filed Aug. 28, 2006). After considering competing petitions from Leon, who is Mack’s brother, and Alexander, who is Mack’s son, the probate court appointed Leon as personal representative. Extensive and contentious litigation ensued;1 the probate remains open (and remains contentious).
In this action, Alexander sues (Doc. 43) Leon for breach of fiduciary duty, for “negligent retention of counsel,” and for a…
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