Legal Opinion
Rodriguez v. Bank of the West
California Court of Appeal
Decided April 24, 2008No. B198533PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
VOGEL, Acting P. J.
A lawyer’s office manager forged the lawyer’s signature, opened bank accounts in the lawyer’s name, deposited money the lawyer had received in trust from his clients, then stole the money from the accounts she had opened. When the clients sued the lawyer to recover the misappropriated money, the lawyer cross-complained against the office manager and the banks in which the accounts had been opened. The banks demurred, contending their contract was with the office manager, not the lawyer, that the lawyer was never their customer, and that they thus did not owe him a…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- Perdue v. Crocker National BankCalifornia Supreme Court · 1985
- Sun'n Sand, Inc. v. United California BankCalifornia Supreme Court · 1978
- Software Design & Application, Ltd. v. Hoefer & Arnett, Inc.California Court of Appeal · 1996
- Chazen v. Centennial BankCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1998
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3Cited by9 opinions
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