On Sept. 6, Hazel A. Starbuck, a 94-year-old woman, won $240,000 in damages and $25,000 in attorney fees in a final judgment issued against her stepson. She had alleged that he took the money while abusing his fiduciary obligations as executor of her deceased husband's estate.
She alleged in Hazel A. Starbuck v. John A. Starbuck, individually and as executor of the estate of Virgil Starbuck, filed in the 61st District Court in Houston, that the stepson had used the funds, in part, for remodeling his home.
