Following a lengthy and often contentious discovery process, the late Richard Robinson’s son John Benham (Ben) Robinson formally objected to the probate of his father’s will in a New York Surrogate’s Court last week, asking for a jury trial. The longtime chair, ceo and controlling owner of Scholastic died suddenly in June 2021. His will, last revised in 2018, named Iole Lucchese as his primary heir. Lucchese took over as chair of the Scholastic board shortly after Robinson’s death, and was supposed to inherit Robinson’s controlling A class shares in Scholastic, which means that control of the company hangs in […]
