Total Supply, Inc. v. Pridgen

Phipps, Judge.

Total Supply, Inc. sued its former employee, Patrick Pridgen, for theft of corporate funds. The trial court granted summary judgment to Pridgen on the ground that this action is barred by the applicable statute of limitation. Because that issue is not susceptible to summary adjudication, we reverse.

Beginning in June 1996, Total Supply employed Pridgen as manager of its Warner Robins store. Total Supply later discovered that between June and December 1996, Pridgen had stolen thousands of dollars from the company by retaining the proceeds from cash sales transactions and then…