Legal Opinion
Lichtenstein v. Kidder, Peabody & Co. Inc.
District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania
Decided December 17, 1993No. Civ. A. 89-1143PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
COHILL, District Judge.
Plaintiff Jodie B. Lichtenstein, a Pennsylvania resident and a former client of defendant Kidder, Peabody & Co., Incorporated (“Kidder Peabody”), a Delaware corporation, alleges that she lost substantial amounts of money as a result of unauthorized transactions in her account and the payment of funds from her account over her forged signature on Visa checks. Third-party defendant, Alan I. Lichtenstein, who is plaintiffs ex-husband, admits that he forged her signature, but argues that Kidder Peabody is strictly liable for his misdeeds. Mrs. Lichtenstein charges…
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