ASSOCIATED WRITERS GUILD OF AMERICA, INC. v. First National Bank of Atlanta

Carley, Chief Judge.

In January of 1981, appellant-plaintiff Roy Moody opened a checking account for appellant-defendant Associated Writers Guild of America, Inc. (AWGA) with appellee-defendant First National Bank (Bank). In March and April of 1982, the Bank refused to honor several checks that had been drawn on AWGA’s account and, as the result, AWGA and Moody each originally filed a separate action against the Bank. However, these separate actions were voluntarily dismissed in July of 1985 and AWGA and Moody thereafter refiled a joint action against the Bank in August of 1985. This refiled…