Fernando Tatis v. Us Bancorp

OPINION

SHARP, District Judge.

Plaintiff-Appellant, Fernando Tatis (“Tatis”), appeals the district court’s entry of summary judgment in favor of Defendant-Appellee U.S. Bank in this diversity action for breach of contract, negligence, and violation of Ohio law based on U.S. Bank’s payment of forged checks drawn on Tatis’s account. For the following rea sons, we affirm the district court’s decision.

I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Tatis, a native of the Dominican Republic, was a professional baseball player with the Montreal Expos. He opened several bank accounts with U.S. Bank. U.S. Bank is…