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MaryMagdaline

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2. Client and attorney were never notified that unclaimed property might be theirs

Reply to exboyfil (Reply #1)

Thu Aug 29, 2019, 09:08 AM

Aug 2019

Bank either 1. Didn’t know which customer it belonged to or 2. Found the jewelry after being sued and did not want to notify potential owners and just punted to the State.

The attorney can’t just call the state and say, “My client is missing jewelry. Show me everything you have.”

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An Orlando bank lost her jewels. She sued and lost. And then they turned up -- at an auction [View all] mfcorey1 Aug 2019 OP

How could the attorney not know exboyfil Aug 2019 #1

Client and attorney were never notified that unclaimed property might be theirs MaryMagdaline Aug 2019 #2

Bottom line SoCalNative Aug 2019 #3