With a tart rebuke from a California court of appeals, San Francisco socialite Summer Tompkins Walker came up empty-handed again in her bid to inherit money from her billionaire father, who co-founded The North Face and Esprit.
Douglas Tompkins (pictured above with his wife Kristine) died in a kayaking accident in Chile in December 2015, but left no money to his two adult daughters. According to his lawyers, he didn’t believe in inherited wealth, and wanted his fortune to fund conservation efforts in South America, where he gifted vast swaths of land to create five national parks in Chile and Argentina.
This content has been archived. It is available through our partners, LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law.
To view this content, please continue to their sites.
Not a Lexis Subscriber?
Subscribe Now
Not a Bloomberg Law Subscriber?
Subscribe Now
LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law are third party online distributors of the broad collection of current and archived versions of ALM's legal news publications. LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law customers are able to access and use ALM's content, including content from the National Law Journal, The American Lawyer, Legaltech News, The New York Law Journal, and Corporate Counsel, as well as other sources of legal information.
For questions call 1-877-256-2472 or contact us at [email protected]
