Legal Opinion
Columbia Bank v. Heather Johnson Turbeville
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided July 30, 2014No. 1D13-2750PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMakar, J.
Columbia Bank sued a former employee, Heather Johnson Turbeville, to recover funds she withdrew from an account owned by her grandmother. Because the trial court’s dismissal of the Bank’s claims against Ms. Turbeville was error, we reverse.
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We present the facts as alleged in the Bank’s complaint. In August 2005, Ms. Jewel H. Pueschel and her son, James, opened five accounts totaling $1,220,432.30 with Columbia Bank. To help her grandmother and father manage these accounts, Ms. Turbeville, a branch manager, offered her assistance and was thereafter added as a joint account holder for this…
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