A three-week trial involving a contentious family dispute over allegations that an ailing man’s daughters conspired to cut their brother out of a will and trusts worth millions of dollars ended with a jury finding the sisters exercised “undue influence” over their now-deceased father. 

The jury form did not award any specific money damages, but lead plaintiff’s lawyer F. Skip Sugarman said the verdict will allow his client to claim one-third of a trust and two bank accounts that, along with the father’s will, comprise an estate valued at about $3 million.

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