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SAN BENITO BANK & TRUST v. LANDAIR TRAVELS

No. 13-96-337-CV.

31 S.W.3d 312 (2000)

THE SAN BENITO BANK & TRUST COMPANY and Johnson & Davis, L.L.P., Appellants, v. LANDAIR TRAVELS, et al., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Corpus Christi.

August 24, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edwin R. Fleuriet, Fleuriet, Schell & Phillips, Harlingen, Orrin Johnson, Harlingen, for Appellants.

Hugh P. Touchy, Charles Willette, Jr., Willette, Guerra & Trevino, Brownsville, Leo C. Salzman, Roger W. Hughes, Adams & Graham, Harlingen, for Appellees.

Before Justices DORSEY, YANEZ, and RODRIGUEZ.

OPINION

Opinion by Justice DORSEY.

The issue in this case is whether a crime victim may be held liable in negligence for failing to report and prosecute a crime by a person subsequently victimized by the same criminal. Carlos Cascos, a certified public accountant, hired Debbie Pena to work for him as a bookkeeper. Pena embezzled $78,000.00 from an account belonging to one of Cascos' clients, Landair. Landair discovered the embezzlement and reported it to...

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