The written order was filed on March 24 in Hawaii. The primary beneficiary of the Trust is Hillbroom.
The Trust claimed that Lujan had misappropriated $250,000 of the Trust’s funds and that Lujan should pay the Trust back this amount and other damages.
Judge Crandall disagreed and ruled in favor of Lujan. The court held that the Guam Superior Court guardianship court order of Nov. 7, 2001, signed by Judge Alberto C. Lamorena III, and the Guam Superior Court Probate Court order of Oct. 27, 2010 signed by Judge Anita A. Sukola, were controlling and entitled to full faith and credit.
The Hawaii court further held that the funds belonged to the Estate of Naoko Imeong and Lujan properly accounted for the funds and satisfied his fiduciary responsibilities by returning the funds to the Estate. Imeong is Hillbroom’s grandmother and was his legal guardian until 1999, when Waibel was appointed his guardian.
Junior Larry Hillbroom is an heir of Larry Hillblom, one of the founders of DHL Worldwide Express, who claimed that his trust fund dwindled from $90 million to $12 million after his attorneys and trustee increased the attorney’s contingency fee to 56 percent without his approval.
Hillbroom also claimed that the attorneys increased guardianship payments to his grandparents, Imeong and her husband, Marciano Imeong.
The summary judgment proves conclusively that the funds did not belong to the JHL Trust or to Junior Larry Hillbroom and that Lujan had followed the court orders and had satisfied his legal and ethical duties, said a source.
Larry Hillblom died in an airplane crash in May 1995, leaving behind four children and an estate worth about $550 million. Junior Hillbroom learned in 1995 that he was entitled to a portion of the estate. In the spring of 1997, Junior proved that Hillblom was his father through DNA testing and was issued a settlement entitling him to 15 percent of the estate.
