Braden Furniture Co. v. Union State Bank

STUART, Justice.

Braden Furniture Company, Inc., appeals a summary judgment for Union State Bank. We affirm.

Facts and Procedural History

According to Braden Furniture, between 2008 and 2010, Bonnie Manning, an assistant bookkeeper for Braden Furniture, accessed Braden Furniture’s accounting program and created over 200 unauthorized checks, totaling over $470,000, that she then deposited in her account at Union State Bank. The majority of the checks did not identify a payee, i.e., the payee on the check was left blank. Braden Furniture sued Union State Bank, RBC Bank, and Manpower, Inc.,…