PEAK v. TUSCALOOSA COMMERCE BANK

No. 96 CA 1258.

707 So.2d 59 (1997)

Thelma PEAK v. TUSCALOOSA COMMERCE BANK.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

December 29, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony Russo, Jr., Seale, Smith, Zuber & Barnette, Baton Rouge, for Plaintiff-Appellant Thelma Peak.

Robert Harrison, Jr., Denham Springs, for Defendant-Appellee Tuscaloosa Commerce Bank.

Before CARTER, LeBLANC, GONZALES and PARRO, JJ., and TYSON, J. Pro Tem.


CARTER, Judge.

This appeal is from a summary judgment in favor of Tuscaloosa Commerce Bank ("the Bank"), dismissing the claim of Thelma Peak ("Ms. Peak"), that the Bank should reimburse her for paying over $17,000 of forged checks drawn against her checking account. We affirm.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Between February 1994, and September 1994, Ms. Peak's grandson, Bryan Peak ("Bryan"), forged her signature on checks totaling $17,608.58 from her...

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