A taxi driver who inherited a passenger’s entire estate has been slapped with a huge legal bill after the will was overturned after a bitter legal battle.
The bizarre story began years ago when UK taxi driver Dean Hughes agreed to transport 348-pound Gary Mendez to various pubs.
Most other cabbies refused due to Mendez’s size, and over the years the two men struck up a friendship.
Then, in February 2016, Mendez allegedly phoned Hughes and told him he wanted to leave his entire estate to him in his will, including his $203,583 house in Eastbourne in southeast England.
They then met at a branch of UK pub chain Wetherspoons to sign the legal document in front of witnesses.
But that act disinherited Mendez’s long-term partner Hermes Rodrigues, even though the couple had been in a relationship since meeting on-board a cruise ship in 2001.
He had originally left everything to Rodrigues in an earlier will drawn up in 2013 — but Rodrigues decided to contest the will and has finally had a huge victory after a judge ruled his partner had been too affected by alcohol and ill health to fully comprehend his actions.
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The bizarre story began years ago when UK taxi driver Dean Hughes agreed to transport 348-pound Gary Mendez to various pubs.
Most other cabbies refused due to Mendez’s size, and over the years the two men struck up a friendship.
Then, in February 2016, Mendez allegedly phoned Hughes and told him he wanted to leave his entire estate to him in his will, including his $203,583 house in Eastbourne in southeast England.
They then met at a branch of UK pub chain Wetherspoons to sign the legal document in front of witnesses.
But that act disinherited Mendez’s long-term partner Hermes Rodrigues, even though the couple had been in a relationship since meeting on-board a cruise ship in 2001.
He had originally left everything to Rodrigues in an earlier will drawn up in 2013 — but Rodrigues decided to contest the will and has finally had a huge victory after a judge ruled his partner had been too affected by alcohol and ill health to fully comprehend his actions.
Full Story:
https://nypost.com/2019/06/11/cab-driver-slapped-with-massive-legal-fees-after-inheriting-passengers-estate/