Weir by Gasper v. Estate of Ciao

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that a confidential relationship “is created between two persons when it is established that one occupies a superior position over the other; intellectually, physically, gov-ernmentally, or morally, with the opportunity to use the superiority to the other’s disadvantage”
• opining that a confidential relationship “is created between two persons when it is established that one occupies a superior position over the other; intellectually, physically, gov-ernmentally, or morally, with the opportunity to use the superiority to the other’s disadvantage”
• finding a close persona relationship between a father and a son as opposed to a confidential relationship
• it is trial court’s function to judge credibility, and its findings will not be disturbed
• it is trial court’s function to judge credibility, and its findings will not be disturbed
• at bench trial, it is trial court’s duty to judge credibility and weigh testimony and its findings will not be disturbed absent error of law or abuse of discretion

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).