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HALIFAX CORP. v. WACHOVIA BANK

Record No. 032444.

604 S.E.2d 403 (2004)

HALIFAX CORPORATION v. WACHOVIA BANK.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

November 5, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert W. Ludwig, Jr. (Edwin Y. Szeto; Henry St. John Fitzgerald, Arlington; Ludwig & Robinson, on briefs), for appellant.

Thomas C. Junker (Grady C. Frank, Jr.; LeClair Ryan, on brief), Alexandria, for appellee.

Amici Curiae: Virginia Bankers Association (Joseph E. Spruill, III, General Counsel, on brief), in support of appellee.

Present: HASSELL, C.J., KINSER and LEMONS, JJ., and CARRICO and RUSSELL, S.JJ.

OPINION BY Senior Justice HARRY L. CARRICO.

Introduction

In the period from August 1995 to February 1999, Mary K. Adams embezzled approximately $15.4 million while serving as comptroller for companies that are now known as Halifax Corporation (Halifax).1 Adams accomplished the embezzlement by writing more than 300 checks on Halifax's account with Signet Bank and its successor, First Union National Bank (collectively, First...

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