Monday, March 12, 2012

Court reviews whether the executors' brother filed a meritless claim against his mother's estate.

E. JAY MOUNGER ET AL. v. CHARLES D. MOUNGER, JR. ET AL. (Tenn. Ct. App. March 12, 2012)

The plaintiffs, in their capacity as executors of their mother’s estate, filed this action against their brother alleging that he caused the estate to lose the sale of a valuable piece of lakefront property by maliciously asserting a meritless claim to a portion of the property. The defendant represented himself in a jury trial. The jury awarded the estate $6,000,000. The defendant appeals the judgment entered on the jury’s verdict. We affirm.

Opinion available at:
https://www.tba.org/sites/default/files/moungere_031212.pdf