William M. Freeman v. JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.

This case requires us to consider whether the district court properly applied the summary judgment standard to plaintiff William Freeman’s negligence and aiding and abetting claims against defendant JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., after fraudster Charles' Gordon stole money that Freeman had deposited in an account owned by Gordon’s company, OPT Title & Escrow, Inc. Because Freeman met his burden of coming forward with evidence showing that OPT Title owed him a fiduciary duty, the Bank knew or should have known that OPT Title was holding Freeman’s money in escrow, and the Bank knew Gordon was…