Willems v. U. S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray, Inc.

¶1 This case is one of 23 lawsuits filed by individual investors against U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray, Inc. (Piper), Robert English (English), and Tom O’Neill (O’Neill). The plaintiff investors made various common law tort claims arising from the alleged mismanagement of their accounts created and maintained by Piper’s branch office in Butte, Montana. O’Neill, who was a securities broker in Piper’s Butte office, 1 allegedly took the actions that gave rise to the lawsuits, and English was O’Neill’s direct supervisor throughout this time. In response to the lawsuits, Piper filed motions to compel…