The players
Here are the key people listed in the civil lawsuit involving the Werner family and Werner Holding Co.:
The defendants
- Eric J. Werner _ Don Werner's son, the brother of Craig Werner and thegrand-nephew of Leo and Anne Werner. Eric is general counsel, corporate secretary and chief administrative officer for Werner Co.
- Richard L. Werner _ the brother of Robert Werner and Donald Werner, thecousin of Howard Solot and the nephew of Leo and Anne Werner. Richard is a director of the company, and was the former chairman and chief executive officer of the company.
- Robert I. Werner _ the brother of Richard and Don Werner, the cousin ofHoward Solot and the nephew of Leo and Anne Werner. He is a director in the company.
- Donald M. Werner _ the brother of Richard and Robert Werner, and cousinof Howard Solot and nephew of Leo and Anne Werner. Donald is a director, chairman, president and chief executive officer of the company.
- Howard L. Solot _ the cousin of Richard, Robert and Donald Werner and thenephew of Leo and Anne Werner. He is a director, executive vice president and chief operating officer for the company.
- Craig R. Werner _ the son of Donald Werner and the brother of Eric Werner. He is a company director.
- Marc L. Werner _ the son of Robert Werner and the brother of Michael Werner. A former director and officer of the company.
- Michael J. Solot _ the son of Howard Solot.
- Bruce D. Werner _ the son of Richard Werner.
- Michael E. Werner _ the son of Robert Werner and the brother of Marc Werner.
The plaintiffs
- Estate of Leo L. Werner _ Leo Werner died Aug. 10, 1996. He was the uncleof Richard, Robert and Donald Werner and the great uncle of Eric Werner and Howard Solot. Prior to March 8, 1992, he owned 2,700.8 shares of Werner Co. Class A common stock and 10,085.22 shares of Class B common stock. Leo headed Werner Co. from 1964 to 1977, according to a company newsletter.
- Estate of Anne L. Werner _ Anne Werner died in April 1996. She was thewife of Leo Werner.
- Elizabeth Werner _ the only child of Anne L. Werner and Leo L. Werner.Elizabeth is a beneficiary of the trusts created under Leo's and Anne's wills and of the Elizabeth Werner Trust created in 1967.
- Jeffrey R. Ackerman _ one of Elizabeth Werner's two sons and a beneficiary of the trusts created under Leo and Anne Werner's wills and of the Elizabeth Werner Trust. Prior to the sale of Werner Co., the trust owned 7,506 shares of Class B common stock.
- Matthew W. Weiss _ the other son of Elizabeth Werner who is a beneficiaryof the trusts created under Leo's and Anne's wills and of the Elizabeth Werner Trust.
- Timothy Burke Jr. _ executor [JU]to the Anne Werner Estate and trustee of a trust created by Anne Werner. Prior to the sale of the company the trust owned 2,723 shares of Class B common stock in Werner Co.
- Edward A. Pollack _ prior to the sale of Werner Co. he owned 1,668 sharesof Class B common stock, and 84 shares of the Class B stock through his capacity as executor of the Max C. Hanfling, and 100 shares of Class A and 17,489 shares of Class B common stock as contract vendee. He is a cousin of the main Werner family.
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