(DOWNLOAD) "Roger Michael Ames and Heights State Bank v. R.E. Ames and R.G. Ames" by Supreme Court of Texas # eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Roger Michael Ames and Heights State Bank v. R.E. Ames and R.G. Ames
- Author : Supreme Court of Texas
- Release Date : January 12, 1989
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 79 KB
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This case involves a suit for conversion of profit-sharing funds brought by beneficiaries of an employee benefits plan against the trustee and a third-party bank. After the plan was terminated, R.E. and R.G. Ames, employee members of a profit-sharing plan at Threaded Steel Products Company (Threaded Steel), sued the sole trustee of the plan, Roger Michael Ames (Mike) and Heights State Bank, now known as NBC Bank, Houston - N.A., claiming the two wrongfully converted their benefits from the plan. After a jury trial, the trial court rendered a judgment against Mike, awarding actual and punitive damages. A take-nothing judgment was rendered against Heights State Bank. The court of appeals affirmed and reformed the trial court judgment in part and awarded R.E. and R.G. an additional five percent penalty because it concluded that the appeal was brought for delay and without sufficient cause. 757 S.W.2d 468. Further, the court of appeals reversed and remanded the cause of action against Heights State Bank. We modify the court of appeals judgment to eliminate the five percent penalty and in all other respects affirm the judgment.