2nd Circuit Reinstates RICO Claim In Siblings’ Battle Over Father’s Estate

Mealey's (August 15, 2018, 9:19 AM EDT) -- NEW YORK — A sister who accuses her younger brother of running her father’s estate “as his personal piggy bank” may proceed with claim for legal expenses incurred in filing her complaint under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act against him and others, a Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled Aug. 14, vacating a trial court’s dismissal of the sister’s case and remanding for the district court to revisit the question of whether it should exercise supplemental jurisdiction over state law claims (Virginia A. D’Addario, et al. v. David D’Addario, et al., No. 17-1162, 2nd Cir., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 22472)....