Cortell v. Barrow

COWART, Judge.

An employer, appellant Barney Cortell, hired appellee Vicky Barrow to assist in managing his rental properties. On numerous occasions Barrow embezzled money from the employer, altering business records to conceal her thefts. The employee entered into an agreement, separately guaranteed by her parents, appellees Henry and Gertrude Naumaiskis, to reimburse the employer for the stolen funds.

In the reimbursement agreement, the employee admitted that she misappropriated and mismanaged the revenue, accounts, and property of the employer for her personal gain to the financial detriment…