American Bank of Lakeland v. Hooven

SCHOONOVER, Judge.

Appellant, American Bank of Lakeland, n/k/a Ellis American Bank, appeals an order imposing sanctions because of the conduct of the bank’s attorney at trial. We reverse.

The bank filed this action against appel-lee, Insurance Company of North America (INA), and others to recover on an insurance policy protecting the bank against losses resulting directly from fraudulent or dishonest acts of employees. The first trial resulted in a mistrial after the bank’s attorney violated a trial court ruling prohibiting reference in the presence of the jury to portions of an exhibit that…