Legal Opinion
Jacques v. First National Bank
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided October 8, 1986No. 66, September Term, 1985PublishedCited by 339 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McAULIFFE, Judge.
This appeal presents the issue of whether a bank that has agreed to process an application for a loan owes to its customer a duty of reasonable care in the processing and determination of that application. We hold that under the particular facts of this case the bank is properly charged with that duty.
The bank customers, Robert and Margaret Jacques (“the Jacques”), sued The First National Bank of Maryland (“the Bank”) alleging that the Bank failed to properly evaluate their qualifications for a home mortgage loan. The Jacques’ complaint was in five counts, claiming malicious…
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