Legal Opinion
Costello v. Citibank (South Dakota), N.A.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided September 29, 2010No. 45,518-CAPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, Chief Judge.
| jPlaintiffs, Charles M. and Carol Costello, doing business as Charles M. Costello Farms, sued to recoup from defendant banks and creditors funds stolen from plaintiffs by their employee/bookkeeper, who wrote company checks to pay her personal debts. The trial court found that plaintiffs’ action against defendant banks had prescribed and sustained defendants’ exceptions of prescription. Plaintiffs appealed. We affirm.
Facts and Procedural History
From 1971 to November 11, 2006, Maria LaForge worked as the bookkeeper for the Costellos and their farming operations. During this…
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