Luck v. Regions Bank

2 Citing cases

  1. Decatur Auto Center v. Wachovia Bank

    276 Ga. 817 (Ga. 2003)   Cited 52 times
    Recognizing "that a plaintiff in a conversion action does not need to identify the specific dollars and coins represented by the face value of checks and other negotiable instruments" to sustain a conversion claim

    See also Adler v. Hertling, 215 Ga. App. 769, 773-774(2) ( 451 S.E.2d 91) (1994) ("[m]oney in an account is capable of being converted even if it does not consist of specific coins or bills, so long as the money converted constitutes specific identifiable funds. [Cits.]"). Conversion is also available for specific amounts of money placed on deposit with a bank, see Luck v. Regions Bank, 248 Ga. App. 290 ( 546 S.E.2d 342) (2001); see also Georgia Lottery Corp. v. First National Bank, 253 Ga. App. 784 ( 560 S.E.2d 345) (2002), and for overdrafts charged by a bank on existing accounts. First Union v. Davies-Elliott, Inc., 215 Ga. App. 498(5) ( 452 S.E.2d 132) (1994).

  2. Agnes Scott Coll., Inc. v. Hartley

    346 Ga. App. 841 (Ga. Ct. App. 2018)   Cited 4 times
    Holding that evidence that a law enforcement officer was acting within the scope and course of his private employment with the defendant college when he committed allegedly tortious acts permitted the imposition of vicarious liability upon the college

    On appeal from a grant of a motion for judgment notwithstanding a mistrial, we view the evidence and the inferences reasonably supported by the evidence in favor of the nonmovant. Luck v. Regions Bank , 248 Ga. App. 290, 290, 546 S.E.2d 342 (2001) (citations and punctuation omitted). Viewed in Hartley’s favor, the trial evidence showed that in April 2009, an Agnes Scott student falsely accused Hartley of physically and sexually assaulting her on campus.