David R. Lucas's Legal Cases (5)

Real estate

(Names Withheld)

Jan 01, 2012

OUTCOME: Transaction closed

Client purchased historic mixed-use building in downtown area, needed representation. Provided the client with names of lenders and met with bank executives, reviewed all commercial and residential le ... ases and re-wrote them, confirmed all zoning compliance issues with local building inspector, drafted necessary documents for the purchase, including real estate holding trusts and LLC, and resolved a dispute with the seller on the date of closing.

Probate

Estate of Willie Ludd

Jan 01, 2010

OUTCOME: Judgment for wife of entire estate, after trial

Decedent won the lottery twice during the last 20 years of his life, and died of lung cancer. One month before he died, he married his girlfriend of 35 years and wrote a new Will while dying. Deceden ... t's entire family, from out of state, contested the Will. I represented the Wife.

Estate planning

(Names Withheld)

Jan 01, 2010

OUTCOME: Complex Trusts drafted, including real estate holding entities for out of state vacation homes

Client who was divorced and remarried without first signing a prenuptial agreement wanted to set up a complicated estate plan which would ensure that his estate would go to his children, would be shelt ... ered from estate taxes, and would provide income to his new wife if she survived him.

Litigation

Bachelder v. (withheld)

Jan 01, 2009

OUTCOME: Settled for high confidential value after jury impaneled

Tenant in an apartment suffered mild carbon monoxide poisoning from a poorly maintained chimney. The defendants were the oil company responsible for cleaning and the landlord, who claimed that the ten ... ant's own improvements to the apartment caused the problem.

Litigation

Norton v. City of Melrose

Jan 01, 2004

OUTCOME: Summary Judgment (case dismissed before trial)

Defended city in a serious sledding accident at public park.

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