Siblings Suing Uncle Over $800,000 Insurance Payout Get Trial

The adult children of a deceased Pennsylvania doctor can go to trial in a lawsuit saying their uncle used improper influence to receive $800,000 under their father’s life insurance policy, a federal judge said.

They presented evidence that the doctor was in a “compromised and fragile” emotional state following his wife’s death in 2015, and that he’d been diagnosed with anxiety, depression, and obsessive-compulsive disorder, Judge Julia K. Munley said Wednesday. They also presented sufficient evidence that he had a confidential relationship with his brother, who became the “leading figure” in his life during his later years and allegedly had ...