Read v. South Carolina National Bank

Plaintiff-Appellant, Emerson B. Read, a managing partner of Lawton Bluff Company, a limited partnership, brings this action against the Defendant-Respondent, South Caro lina National Bank, to recover damages allegedly due because the bank paid out monies as a result of forged signatures on checks. The complaint alleges causes of actions for negligence and for conversion. In its answer, the bank alleged among other things that the Plaintiff-Appellant was precluded from asserting the unauthorized signatures because the negligence of the Plaintiff-Appellant substantially contributed to the…