Legal Opinion
TD Ameritrade, Inc. v. McLaughlin, Piven, Vogel Securities, Inc.
Court of Chancery of Delaware
Decided July 24, 2008No. Civil Action 3603-CCPublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CHANDLER, Chancellor.
I. BACKGROUND
William J. Pickert is ninety-six years old, nearly blind, extremely hard of hearing, and confined to a wheelchair. Starting in 1987, Pickert held an investment account with MPV Securities. At different times, various brokers handled his account, and in 1993 it was assigned to Steven D. Ircha. Shortly thereafter, a junior associate of Ircha, Vikram Manhas, took over Pickert’s account. Manhas remained Pic-kert’s sole broker until he left MPV in 2005. While acting as Pickert’s broker, Manhas swindled Pickert out of $400,000. This duplicity occurred in two…
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