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PRESTRIDGE v. BANK OF JENA

No. 05-545.

924 So.2d 1266 (2006)

Glynda PRESTRIDGE, et al. v. The BANK OF JENA.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

March 8, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald R. Wilson, Gaharan & Wilson, Jena, LA, for Defendant/Appellant, Bank of Jena.

S. Aaron Siebeneicher, Johnson & Siebeneicher, Inc., Alexandria, LA, for Plaintiffs/Appellants, Glynda Prestridge Vera Prestridge.

David J. Boneno, Baton Rouge, LA, for Louisiana Bankers Association, Amicus Curiae.

Court composed of ULYSSES GENE THIBODEAUX, Chief Judge, MARC T. AMY, ELIZABETH A. PICKETT, BILLY H. EZELL, and JAMES T. GENOVESE, Judges.

GENOVESE, Judge.

The owners of a checking account brought suit against the bank which held the account to recover sums paid on checks forged by a relative of the account owners. The bank refused to restore the funds to the account, alleging that the forgeries could have been discovered and prevented if the account owners had reviewed the account statements during the six-month period in which the forgeries occurred. The trial court found that both the Plaintiffs and...

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