Banks and banking Limitations – Check

Where a law firm, which was held liable over a fraudulent check, brought suit against a defendant bank, a judgment for the bank must be affirmed on statute of limitations grounds.

Aresty International Law Firm, P.C. v. Citibank, N.A. (Lawyers Weekly No. 01-111-12) (11 pages) (Thompson, J.) (1st Circuit) Appealed from a decision by O’Toole, J., in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts. James T. Hargrove, with whom Deutsch, Williams, Brooks, DeRensis & Holland were on brief, for the plaintiff-appellant; John A. Houlihan, with whom Elizabeth H. Kelly and Edwards Wildman Palmer were on brief, for the defendant-appellee (Docket No. 11-2257) (April 27, 2012).