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SUPREME COURT OF ALABAMA
OCTOBER TERM, 2012-2013 ____________________ 1110943 ____________________ Braden Furniture Company, Inc. v. Union State Bank Appeal from Jefferson Circuit Court (CV-2010-03017)

STUART, Justice. Braden Furniture Company, Inc., appeals a summary

judgment for Union State Bank.

We affirm.

Facts and Procedural History

1110943 According to Braden Furniture, between 2003 and 2010, Bonnie Manning, an assistant bookkeeper for Braden Furniture, accessed Braden Furniture's accounting program and created over 200 unauthorized checks, totaling over $470,000, that she then deposited in her account at Union State Bank. The

majority of the checks did not identify a payee, i.e., the payee on the check was left blank. Braden Furniture sued

Union State Bank, RBC Bank, and Manpower, Inc., alleging against Union State Bank claims of common-law negligence and wantonness and violations of

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