Prudential Ins. Co. v. Marine Nat. Exch. Bk. of Milwaukee

DECISION and ORDER

MYRON L. GORDON, District Judge.

This matter is before me on the defendant’s motion for summary judgment. No issue exists as to any material fact.

The plaintiff, the Prudential Insurance Company of America (Prudential) issued a check in the amount of $20,000 payable to one of its policy owners, a Hilda Nissen. Through a fraudulent scheme, a Prudential employee and agent, James Williamson, had supplied Mrs. Nissen’s name, intending that she have no interest in the instrument. Prudential seeks to recover from the defendant, Marine National Exchange Bank, the sum of $20,000 which…