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Sibling dispute over life-insurance beneficiary turns on digital evidence and discovery battles
Summary
In a civil appeal over alleged fraudulent beneficiary changes, sibling appellants told the Appeals Court April 3 they were blocked from vital digital discovery and that Google account metadata created a disputed timeline; the named defendant said the record contains no proof she submitted the 2019 beneficiary changes.
The Appeals Court on April 3 heard argument in Posner v. Hilton, a civil appeal driven by allegations that a beneficiary change to a decedents life insurance and retirement accounts was fraudulent and that discovery was obstructed.
Anna and James Hiltonpro se in parts of the lower-court litigation and arguing now as appellantstold the panel they were thwarted in discovery when the named defendant, Marion Hilliard, retained or removed physical devices and declined to produce certain hard drives and other materials. The Hiltons said they…
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