Haslerig

I.

INTRODUCTION

Appellants Farris Haslerig, Tammy Haslerig, Stephanie Haslerig, Kyanna

Haslerig, and Kaileigh Haslerig (jointly, appellants) appeal from a judgment in favor of

defendant Phillip H. Dyson entered after a jury trial. Appellants raise three challenges to

the judgment. We conclude that appellants have forfeited two of their appellate

contentions because they have failed to present a sufficient appellate record to enable this

court to review the challenged rulings. We further conclude that appellants have failed to

present a cogent appellate argument with respect to the third challenge raised. We

therefore affirm the judgment.

II.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Appellants are descendants of George Haslerig, who won several million dollars in

the California State Lottery in 1991. Prior to his death in 2003, George established a

complex set of trusts and a limited partnership for the benefit of his family. Appellants

were intended beneficiaries of these various entities under George's estate plan. Upon

George's death, however, his sole surviving son, Garland, remained as the sole trustee of

the various trusts and the sole general partner of…