Wisconsin Panel Upholds $1.2M Bad Faith Surcharge Against Estate Representative

Mealey's (January 18, 2018, 7:31 AM EST) -- WAUSAU, Wis. — A Wisconsin Court of Appeals District III panel on Jan. 9 upheld a more than $1.2 million surcharge against the personal representative of an estate for acting in “extreme bad faith,” finding the representative failed to show that she was surcharged for actions she took outside her roles as personal representative and trustee (In re the estate of Rebecca R. Derzon: Lori Laatsch v. Alan Derzon, et al., No. 2016AP1328, Wis. App., Dist. III, 2018 Wisc. App. LEXIS 13)....

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