Thomas E. Howard, Jr., Janice K. Howard and Howard Investments, LLC v. The Frost National Bank and TD Ameritrade, Inc.

Thomas E. Howard, Jr., Janice K. Howard, and Howard Investments, LLC (collectively “Appellants”) appeal the trial court’s grant of a motion to dismiss Appellants’ amended petition for failure to state a claim in favor of TD Ameritrade, Inc. (“Respondent”). Appellants’ amended petition alleged claims for negligence, wrongful garnishment, and wrongful disclosure arising out of Respondent’s disclosure of Appellants’ account information and freezing of Appellants’ accounts. We affirm in part and reverse and remand in part.

I. BACKGROUND

Thomas Howard and Janice Howard are a married couple, and they…