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· 8/21/2000

Donato v. Bankboston, N.A.

Citations

  • 110 F. Supp. 2d 42
  • 2000 WL 1182833

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • using Restatement (Third) Trusts as a guidepost to find that a permissive trust provision did not \relieve trustees from scrutiny under a `prudence' standard for their investment decisions\
  • \[T]he unerring view of hindsight is not to be applied to determine the propriety of [a trustee's] administration of the Trust.\
  • \[T]he prudent man rule in Rhode Island . . . is a default rule that can be altered by the terms of the trust instrument.\

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Judges: Lagueux

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