Defendants File Petition In High Court, Seek Review Of RICO Ruling In Estate Dispute

(January 18, 2019, 9:46 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court should grant review of the Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals’ ruling in favor of a sister who accuses her younger brother of running her father’s estate “as his personal piggy bank” because the appeals panel’s decision to allow the sister to proceed with claim for legal expenses incurred in filing her complaint under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act is in contravention to precedent established by the high court and several circuit courts of appeal, the defendants argue in a Jan. 10 petition for writ of certiorari (David D’Addario, et al. v. Virginia A. D’Addario, et al., No. 18-890, U.S. Sup.)....