Legal Opinion

Quay v. Heritage Financial, Inc.

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided July 12, 2005No. A05A0601PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Mikell, Judge.

Heritage Financial, Inc. (“Heritage”), an estate planning company based in Georgia, sued James Quay, a former employee/estate planner, alleging that Quay breached his fiduciary duty to Heritage. The breach of fiduciary duty claim centered around an investment account opened with Securities America, a broker-dealer, in the name of a Heritage customer, Robert Myer. The investment account was opened in order to fund a newly created trust being set up by Quay for Myer’s benefit. Heritage asserted that Quay breached his fiduciary duty by forging Myer’s signature on the Account…

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