Athena Products, Ltd. v. Geographics, Inc.

Banke, Judge.

This is a suit by Geographies, Inc., against Athena Products, Ltd., to collect an account for printing services. The jury returned a verdict for Geographies, and Athena appeals.

The executive vice-president for Geographies, Robert Wegner, testified that he set up the account in Athena’s name based on a telephone conversation with a printing broker named Wildhorn. Wegner explained that printing orders are commonly placed through such brokers and that because he knew Wildhorn personally and was familiar with Athena as well, he required no verification of the customer’s identity or…