DuQuoin State Bank v. Norris City State Bank

PRESIDING JUSTICE GOLDENHERSH

delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Norris City State Bank, appeals from a judgment of the circuit court of Perry County in favor of plaintiff, DuQuoin State Bank, finding that defendant, in the course of its business, negligently supplied false information to plaintiff, and as a result of defendant’s actions, plaintiff made an unsecured loan on which the borrower defaulted. We affirm.

In this appeal, defendant contends that: (1) the trial court erred in holding that defendant owed a duty to plaintiff; (2) the trial court’s holding that defendant supplied…