A Miami Beach lawyer who failed to ask the right questions before accepting a multimillion-dollar settlement as her share of her mother’s estate cannot sue years later for life insurance payouts she expected to inherit, a judge has ruled.
"When a party is negotiating in an adversarial environment with persons that party has accused of mistrust, she cannot rely on any of her adversary’s representations," Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Ellen Leesfield wrote, concluding the daughter "was aware that she was not being provided with all of the necessary information."
