The Brown family men wanted to sing the praises of their fallen son and brother, Marine Lance Cpl. Donald Steven Brown, a 19-year-old killed in Iraq last week.
SALT LAKE CITY -- A federal judge will decide whether to let a Utah man renew his legal battle for a share of late billionaire Howard Hughes' fortune. Melvin Dummar, a 61-year-old frozen-meat delivery man, insists he rescued a bloodied Hughes from a roadside ditch in the Nevada desert 39 years ago.
Utahn Melvin Dummar, who claims he saved Howard Hughes' life and was rewarded by being named a beneficiary in the billionaire's will, was fighting Thursday to keep alive a lawsuit seeking almost half a billion dollars. "He was defrauded of his fair share of the will," Dummar's lawyer, Stuart Stein, said at a hearing in Salt Lake City on a motion to dismiss the suit, which is asking for part
SALT LAKE CITY -- A pair of Howard Hughes associates are trying to discredit a new witness for a Utah man who insists he once rescued the reclusive billionaire from a ditch and was cheated of a share of his estate.
Melvin Dummar said it felt good to have his day in court, despite indications by a federal judge Thursday that he has some serious concerns about Dummar's claim to a portion of the estate of the deceased eccentric billionaire Howard Hughes.
Posted: 6:25 PM- Utahn Melvin Dummar, who claims he saved Howard Hughes' life and was rewarded by being named a beneficiary in the billionaire's will, was fighting Thursday to keep alive a lawsuit seeking almost half a billion dollars. "He was defrauded of his fair share of the will," Dummar's lawyer, Stuart Stein, said at a hearing in Salt Lake City on a motion to dismiss the suit, which
SALT LAKE CITY -- A pair of Howard Hughes associates are trying to discredit a new witness for a Utah man who insists he once rescued the reclusive billionaire from a ditch and was cheated of a share of his estate. The two men, who were beneficiaries of the Hughes fortune, are asking a federal judge in Salt Lake City to throw out Melvin Dummar's latest lawsuit, filed in June.
