( May 4, 2026, 10:21 AM EDT) -- SANTA ANA, Calif. — A California state appeals court affirmed a lower court ruling granting summary judgment to an estate planning attorney and his firm in a suit by a woman asserting that the attorney tried to defraud trust beneficiaries and the insurer that issued a $17.5 million split-dollar life insurance policy by trying to cancel the policy after a loan was obtained to fund the policy premiums, finding that the fraud claim is barred by a three-year statute of limitations....