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08-23-2009, 10:18 PM
scumbag lawyering at its Harvard best..............
http://pageonekentucky.com/2007/09/19/breaking-did-trey-grayson-take-advantage-of-a-dying-man/
Did Trey Grayson take advantage o
f a dying man?
Court documents allege McConnell protégé Charles Merwin Grayson III or current Secretary of State Trey Grayson took advantage of William T. Hofler who was on his death bed. The man’s daughter, Bridget Hofler-Saunders, says the will of her father was changed two months before his death as a result of undue influence by Trey and his cohort John Elfers.
Mr. Hofler was diagnosed with lung cancer in January 2001 and began a fierce treatment of chemotherapy along with the painkiller OxyContin. Yet he was mysteriously able to change his last will and testament in March of that year to exclude his daughter for “personal reasons.” He died two months later.
Who became executors of the estate? None other than former Kenton County Attorney John Elfers and Trey Grayson. They were suddenly in control of millions of dollars.
Hofler’s daughter, Bridget, sued Trey (et al) for unduly influencing her father and won.
As part of the suit, Bridget’s attorney had Homer Parrent render an opinion about whether or not Trey had pursued sufficient steps to assure himself that Mr. Hofler was not unduly influenced in connection with the preparation and execution of his will. Turns out Mr. Grayson may have influenced Mr. Hofler and Parrent cited (in this letter to Bridget’s attorney) a litany of examples. He also cited legal opinions from multiple Kentucky Appellate Court cases in which, well, the very same thing had occured and turned out to be shady. Not boding so well for Trey and his co-defendants.
The real juicy bit of this story: Trey Grayson wrote a letter to John Elfers warning him that Bridget could challenge her father’s will on grounds that he was unduly influenced. To quote, “For instance, she might raise questions about her father’s competency or about any indue(sic) influence exercised by you in attempt to invalidate the will and to prevent the distribution of the probate estate…” In the letter Grayson detailed the statutes of limitation he had researched in an attempt to alleviate concern that Bridget had any leg to stand on. Reading the letter could easily lead you to believe that Trey and Elfers were trying their darnedest to cut her out completely.
And in this final document Bridget Hofler-Saunders got what was hers. In exchange for forever releasing Trey Grayson individually and in his capacity as co-executor.
Did Trey Grayson influence his client when he knew his client was unable to make sound decisions? The court documents certainly lead one to believe so.
What do you think?
http://pageonekentucky.com/2007/09/19/breaking-did-trey-grayson-take-advantage-of-a-dying-man/
Did Trey Grayson take advantage o
f a dying man?
Court documents allege McConnell protégé Charles Merwin Grayson III or current Secretary of State Trey Grayson took advantage of William T. Hofler who was on his death bed. The man’s daughter, Bridget Hofler-Saunders, says the will of her father was changed two months before his death as a result of undue influence by Trey and his cohort John Elfers.
Mr. Hofler was diagnosed with lung cancer in January 2001 and began a fierce treatment of chemotherapy along with the painkiller OxyContin. Yet he was mysteriously able to change his last will and testament in March of that year to exclude his daughter for “personal reasons.” He died two months later.
Who became executors of the estate? None other than former Kenton County Attorney John Elfers and Trey Grayson. They were suddenly in control of millions of dollars.
Hofler’s daughter, Bridget, sued Trey (et al) for unduly influencing her father and won.
As part of the suit, Bridget’s attorney had Homer Parrent render an opinion about whether or not Trey had pursued sufficient steps to assure himself that Mr. Hofler was not unduly influenced in connection with the preparation and execution of his will. Turns out Mr. Grayson may have influenced Mr. Hofler and Parrent cited (in this letter to Bridget’s attorney) a litany of examples. He also cited legal opinions from multiple Kentucky Appellate Court cases in which, well, the very same thing had occured and turned out to be shady. Not boding so well for Trey and his co-defendants.
The real juicy bit of this story: Trey Grayson wrote a letter to John Elfers warning him that Bridget could challenge her father’s will on grounds that he was unduly influenced. To quote, “For instance, she might raise questions about her father’s competency or about any indue(sic) influence exercised by you in attempt to invalidate the will and to prevent the distribution of the probate estate…” In the letter Grayson detailed the statutes of limitation he had researched in an attempt to alleviate concern that Bridget had any leg to stand on. Reading the letter could easily lead you to believe that Trey and Elfers were trying their darnedest to cut her out completely.
And in this final document Bridget Hofler-Saunders got what was hers. In exchange for forever releasing Trey Grayson individually and in his capacity as co-executor.
Did Trey Grayson influence his client when he knew his client was unable to make sound decisions? The court documents certainly lead one to believe so.
What do you think?