Johnstown Manufacturing, Inc. v. Haynes

Appellant, Johnstown Manufacturing, Inc. (“Johnstown”), has appealed from a summary judgment granted by the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas in favor of ap-pellee, BancOhio National Bank (“BancOhio”). Clay Haynes is not a party to this appeal.

Clay Haynes was the bookkeeper for Johnstown and had express check signing authority. Haynes was also the bookkeeper of another corporation, Lynn Polymers, Inc., which was operated by the same individuals that operated Johnstown. Over the period of approximately one year, Haynes engaged in a check cashing scheme from which he pocketed approximately…