Carpenter v. Carpenter

Citations

• 2023 Ohio 274

Syllabus

CIVIL - The trial court did not err in awarding summary judgment to clients of law firm and against law firm and its sole member for intentional interference with expectation of inheritance, undue influence and fraud, where attorney induced clients to transfer property based upon misstatements of Ohio law. The trial court did not err in awarding summary judgment to clients of law firm and against law firm and its sole member on claim for lack of capacity, where lawyer spent one hour with client, who suffered from dementia, and purported to completely explain then execute trust and other legal documents, while conceding that client did not read the trust in its entirety.