IN RE SLACK ESTATE

Docket No. 137444.

202 Mich. App. 627 (1993)

509 N.W.2d 861

In re SLACK ESTATE (SLACK v. THE OHIO CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY)

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided December 6, 1993, at 9:35 A.M.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Davidson, Staiger, Adair & Hill (by Steven L. Hill), for petitioners.

Brian K. Millington, for the respondent.

Before: BRENNAN, P.J., and HOOD and TAYLOR, JJ.


TAYLOR, J.

Respondent The Ohio Casualty Insurance Company, appeals as of right the judgment of the probate court awarding petitioners $250,000, the full amount of its bond, for the breach of the fiduciary duty of the estate's original personal representative. We reverse.

The deceased, a man with adult children, remarried and then passed away in April 1986. Before his death he executed a will giving his shares in the Masco Corporation to his children and making...

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