SCHWARTZ v. WELLIN

No. 2:13-cv-3595-DCN.

LESTER S. SCHWARTZ, as Trust Protector of the Wellin Family 2009 Irrevocable Trust, Plaintiff, v. PETER J. WELLIN, et. al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. South Carolina, Charleston Division.

April 17, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lester S Schwartz, Plaintiff, represented by Daniel F Blanchard, III , Rosen Rosen and Hagood, H Brewton Hagood , Rosen Rosen and Hagood & Richard S Rosen , Rosen Rosen and Hagood.

Peter J Wellin, Defendant, represented by Bryson M Geer , Nelson Mullins Riley and Scarborough, Merritt G Abney , Nelson Mullins Riley and Scarborough, Patrick Coleman Wooten , Nelson Mullins Riley and Scarborough, Robert H Brunson , Nelson Mullins Riley and Scarborough & Lindsay Elizabeth Stewart , Nelson Mullins Riley and Scarborough.

Cynthia W Plum, Defendant, represented by Bryson M Geer , Nelson Mullins Riley and Scarborough, Patrick Coleman Wooten , Nelson Mullins Riley and Scarborough, Robert H Brunson , Nelson Mullins Riley and Scarborough & Lindsay Elizabeth Stewart , Nelson Mullins Riley and Scarborough.

Marjorie W King, Defendant, represented by Bryson M Geer , Nelson Mullins Riley and Scarborough, Merritt G Abney , Nelson Mullins Riley and Scarborough, Patrick Coleman Wooten , Nelson Mullins Riley and Scarborough, Robert H Brunson , Nelson Mullins Riley and Scarborough & Lindsay Elizabeth Stewart , Nelson Mullins Riley and Scarborough.

Friendship Management LLC, Defendant, represented by Bryson M Geer , Nelson Mullins Riley and Scarborough, Merritt G Abney , Nelson Mullins Riley and Scarborough, Patrick Coleman Wooten , Nelson Mullins Riley and Scarborough, Robert H Brunson , Nelson Mullins Riley and Scarborough & Lindsay Elizabeth Stewart , Nelson Mullins Riley and Scarborough.

Cynthia W Plum, as Manager of Friendship Management LLC, Defendant, represented by Bryson M Geer , Nelson Mullins Riley and Scarborough, Merritt G Abney , Nelson Mullins Riley and Scarborough, Patrick Coleman Wooten , Nelson Mullins Riley and Scarborough, Robert H Brunson , Nelson Mullins Riley and Scarborough & Lindsay Elizabeth Stewart , Nelson Mullins Riley and Scarborough.

Wendy Wellin, Interested Party, represented by Gedney M Howe, III .

Keith Wellin, Defendant, represented by James B Hood , Hood Law Firm, Molly Agnes Hood Craig , Hood Law Firm & Robert H Hood , Hood Law Firm.

Cynthia W Plum, as Manager of Friendship Management LLC, Counter Claimant, represented by Bryson M Geer , Nelson Mullins Riley and Scarborough, Patrick Coleman Wooten , Nelson Mullins Riley and Scarborough, Robert H Brunson , Nelson Mullins Riley and Scarborough & Lindsay Elizabeth Stewart , Nelson Mullins Riley and Scarborough.

Peter J Wellin, Counter Claimant, represented by Bryson M Geer , Nelson Mullins Riley and Scarborough, Patrick Coleman Wooten , Nelson Mullins Riley and Scarborough, Robert H Brunson , Nelson Mullins Riley and Scarborough & Lindsay Elizabeth Stewart , Nelson Mullins Riley and Scarborough.

Marjorie W King, Counter Claimant, represented by Bryson M Geer , Nelson Mullins Riley and Scarborough, Patrick Coleman Wooten , Nelson Mullins Riley and Scarborough, Robert H Brunson , Nelson Mullins Riley and Scarborough & Lindsay Elizabeth Stewart , Nelson Mullins Riley and Scarborough.

Friendship Management LLC, Counter Claimant, represented by Bryson M Geer , Nelson Mullins Riley and Scarborough, Patrick Coleman Wooten , Nelson Mullins Riley and Scarborough, Robert H Brunson , Nelson Mullins Riley and Scarborough & Lindsay Elizabeth Stewart , Nelson Mullins Riley and Scarborough.

Lester S Schwartz, Counter Defendant, represented by Daniel F Blanchard, III , Rosen Rosen and Hagood, H Brewton Hagood , Rosen Rosen and Hagood & Richard S Rosen , Rosen Rosen and Hagood.

Cynthia W Plum, as Manager of Friendship Management LLC, Counter Claimant, represented by Bryson M Geer , Nelson Mullins Riley and Scarborough, Patrick Coleman Wooten , Nelson Mullins Riley and Scarborough, Robert H Brunson , Nelson Mullins Riley and Scarborough & Lindsay Elizabeth Stewart , Nelson Mullins Riley and Scarborough.

Peter J Wellin, Counter Claimant, represented by Bryson M Geer , Nelson Mullins Riley and Scarborough, Patrick Coleman Wooten , Nelson Mullins Riley and Scarborough, Robert H Brunson , Nelson Mullins Riley and Scarborough & Lindsay Elizabeth Stewart , Nelson Mullins Riley and Scarborough.

Marjorie W King, Counter Claimant, represented by Bryson M Geer , Nelson Mullins Riley and Scarborough, Patrick Coleman Wooten , Nelson Mullins Riley and Scarborough, Robert H Brunson , Nelson Mullins Riley and Scarborough & Lindsay Elizabeth Stewart , Nelson Mullins Riley and Scarborough.

Friendship Management LLC, Counter Claimant, represented by Bryson M Geer , Nelson Mullins Riley and Scarborough, Patrick Coleman Wooten , Nelson Mullins Riley and Scarborough, Robert H Brunson , Nelson Mullins Riley and Scarborough & Lindsay Elizabeth Stewart , Nelson Mullins Riley and Scarborough.

Lester S Schwartz, Counter Defendant, represented by Daniel F Blanchard, III , Rosen Rosen and Hagood, H Brewton Hagood , Rosen Rosen and Hagood & Richard S Rosen , Rosen Rosen and Hagood.


ORDER

DAVID C. NORTON, District Judge.

This matter is before the court on two motions. The first is a motion to dismiss filed by defendants Peter J. Wellin, Cynthia Wellin Plum, Marjorie Wellin King, and Friendship Management LLC (collectively, "the Wellin Defendants").1 The second is a motion to appoint a guardian ad litem filed by plaintiff Lester S. Schwartz. For the reasons stated below, the court denies Schwartz's motion...

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