Massachusetts Federal Judge Dismisses Fiduciary Duty, Fraud Claims Against Planners

(April 18, 2017, 8:33 AM EDT) -- BOSTON — A Massachusetts federal judge on March 28 granted a motion to dismiss federal claims that defendants involved in two sisters’ father’s estate planning and medical care engaged in breach of fiduciary duty, fraud and fraudulent conspiracy, saying that they are time-barred and fail to state a claim (Lisa Siegel Belanger, et al. v. BNY Mellon Asset Management LLC, et al., No. 15-cv-10198, D. Mass., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 45526)....