Legal Opinion
San Benito Bank & Trust v. Landair Travels
Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District
Decided August 24, 2000No. 13-96-337-CVPublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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 Cascos. Cascos confronted Debbie Pena, and she admitted to him, in writing, to embezzling the money.
Rather than reporting the embezzlement to…
2Cases cited25 opinions
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- Triplex Communications, Inc. v. RileyTexas Supreme Court · 1995
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