Key Bank v. Latshaw

These two cases, consolidated on appeal by the defendants, involve the efforts of the plaintiff, Key Bank of Maine (bank), to collect a judgment of nearly three million dollars from defendant John H. Latshaw, Sr. In one case, Mr. Latshaw challenges the Superior Court’s (Barry, J.) order requiring him to make periodic payments to the bank of $10,000 per month, arguing that the court heard no evidence to support it. The trial court’s fact-finding mission was hampered by Mr. Latshaw’s extensive invocation of the privilege against self-incrimination. We reverse the court’s periodic payment order…