Opinion ID: 1481116
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 6

Heading: Mr. Anderson's reaction to Ms. Sloan's motion.

Text: After Ms. Sloan filed the emergency motion, Mr. Anderson wrote a series of e-mails to various persons including Ms. Sloan and Mr. Rogers in which he complained that Col. Verfurth had taken advantage of Ms. Jumper and in which Mr. Anderson expressed a desire to nullify Ms. Jumper's 2001 estate-planning documents:  In a September 14, 2002 e-mail, with the subject line of Enough Already!, Mr. Anderson wrote to Mr. Rogers that he had become tempted to ask Mr. Rogers about the wisdom (and possibility) of . . . petitioning the Court to permit [Mr. Anderson] to withdraw as Guardian for Sally Jumper and to name Andrea Sloan as both Conservator and Guardian. Mr. Anderson complained that he was afraid that Ms. Jumper had been taken advantage of starting in 1995, at least and that he was frustrated by the sorry tale [of] duplicity, deceit, greed and behind the scenes machinations. Mr. Anderson wrote that he had already told one person [Col. Verfurth] that while he is burning in Hell, [Mr. Anderson] want[ed] him to know he is there. . . . for eternity. (Ellipsis in original.) Apparently feeling that the afterlife was not enough, Mr. Anderson wrote: But he should also start to pay HERE, in this life, before signing off, enigmatically, Shalom.  On September 15, 2002, Mr. Anderson wrote that [e]ven on the surface, the 2001 documents smell. Mr. Anderson felt that Col. Verfurth and his family (whom Mr. Anderson blamed because they had witnessed some of Ms. Jumper's 2001 documents) had railroad[ed] Sally Jumper and that Col. Verfurth was the SOB who had the 2001 Trust altered against Mr. Anderson's interests.  On September 16, 2002, Mr. Anderson wrote that he was suspicious of the 2001 documents and that those documents had to be challenged, in court, and overturned. The e-mail went on: But more than anything else, Verfurth simply HAS to be dealt with. . . . he is a son of a bitch . . . for what he and his family did to Sally (ellipses in original); indeed, Mr. Anderson felt that Col. Verfurth's conduct border[ed] on the criminal. The solution, Mr. Anderson felt, was to pick up some rocks and see what kind of Verfurth vermin has been crawling under them. Mr. Anderson concluded his e-mail: Now, do you believe what I have been saying about him??  On September 21, 2002, Mr. Anderson wrote: My little pea-sized brain thinks that THE way to go is to have the 2001 documents declared void.. . . . Sally's dementia started at least in 1999 and maybe far before. (Ellipsis in original.) Feeling that he had been had by Col. Verfurth, Mr. Anderson concluded: If Sally Jumper's being manipulated and `used' by all four (4) of the Verfurths is not blatant enough fraud, then tell me what is . . . don't you lawyers have a favorite phrase. . . . `res ipsa loquitur.' (Ellipses in original.)  On September 22, 2002, Mr. Anderson wondered whether there was any real possibility that what Verfurth has so expertly done can be undone? Mr. Anderson assured Mr. Rogers that he was NOT motivated by [Col. Verfurth's] having effectively cut [Mr. Anderson] out of the provisions Sally had made for Mr. Anderson. That said, Mr. Anderson wrote (to Mr. Rogers, with Ms. Sloan copied) that he could not stand being bested by Col. Verfurth  he who deserves the worst. The pussilanimous efforts of the THREE of us, Mr. Anderson wrote with an air of resignation, have in no way been able to counter his malevolent . . . but successful . . . moves. Maybe the smartest thing we can do is fold our tents and slowly fade away . . . a la Douglas MacArthur. (Ellipses in original.)