Powers v. American Express Financial Advisors, Inc.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

SMALKIN, District Judge.

This is a diversity case removed from a Maryland state court, in which Amy Lynn Powers seeks to hold the defendant, American Express Financial Advisors, Inc. (American Express), liable under a number of theories for an alleged wrongful transfer of financial assets that she held in a joint-and-survivor account with her former boyfriend, Michael D’Ambrosia, whom American Express has sued as a third party defendant.

The case is before the Court on cross motions for summary judgment, which have been fully briefed. No oral argument is needed. Local Rule…