How do you know if it is a bad market or a bad trustee handling your investments in West Palm Beach?

Often time’s clients seem to be on the fence about whether or not to pursue a  claim against a bad trustee in West Palm Beach. You may be asking yourself is it really anyone’s fault, maybe it was just the market. Experienced Palm Beach probate litigators know that a volatile market can spell disaster for even the most experienced investors including a West Palm Beach trustee.

Deciding Whether or Not to Sue 

• That being said how do you know whether or not there has been breach of trust or breach of fiduciary duty? 
• The truth is that is what a lawsuit is for! Are you up in the air about whether or not your case is a winner?
• Deciding whether or not to bring a Palm Beach lawsuit is a big deal.
• Law suits are not only time consuming, they are expensive.
• Often times clients are apprehensive because they have seen how entangling litigation can be.
• The truth is not every case is a winner but how are you going to know which is which?
• Trusting an experienced Palm Beach probate firm is a good place to start.
• Probate firms that are established got their reputation by winning for their clients, and they prefer to not take losing or merit-less cases.
• If you do not know consider a consultation.
• If you and the attorney are still on the fence you may end up filing the lawsuit to see what the judge and jury say.
• That is not always the best strategy as it may cost thousands.
• Check out this recent case out of West Palm Beach where it was declared “[t]his is a sad case which emphasizes that bad things sometimes happen in life and its nobody’s fault.”
• Is this the case with your trust’s bad investments?
• Talk to an experienced Palm Beach probate litigator before you make this decision for yourself.

Cantore v. West Boca Medical Center

• This was a case brought by a family on behalf of their minor daughter following alleged medical malpractice in West Palm Beach.
• The Court found as stated above that it really was no one’s fault.
• Sometimes that is the case with a trust dispute as well, sometimes a bad investment was just outside of the control of a prudent West Palm Beach trustee.
• The tough part is deciding whether or not that is the case.
• Trust an experienced Palm Beach probate attorney to counsel you on whether or not bringing a claim against a trustee is a good call.

Want to learn more?

Check out this recent case, filed just today (Sept. 24, 2015) in West Palm Beach by clicking here.