Katherine Rudd v. Branch Banking & Trust Company
Katherine Rudd v. Branch Banking & Trust Company
Opinion
USCA11 Case: 23-12708 Document: 51-1 Date Filed: 04/09/2025 Page: 1 of 3
[DO NOT PUBLISH] In the United States Court of Appeals For the Eleventh Circuit ____________________ No. 23-12708 ____________________ KATHERINE M. RUDD, TIFFANY RUDD ATKINSON, individually, and as Co-trustees of the J.W. Goodwin and Virginia M. Goodwin Grandchildren's Trust, Plaintiffs-Appellants, versus BRANCH BANKING AND TRUST COMPANY, Co-trustee of the Joy Goodwin Adams Irrevocable Trust dated 01/02/87 and the Joy Goodwin Adams Irrevocable Trust dated, 07/19/89,
Defendant-Third Party Plaintiff-Appellee, USCA11 Case: 23-12708 Document: 51-1 Date Filed: 04/09/2025 Page: 2 of 3
2 Opinion of the Court 23-12708 WELLS FARGO BANK N.A., in its corporate capacity and as Co-trustee of the Joy Goodwin Adams Irrevocable Trust dated 01/02/87 and the J.W. Goodwin Marital Trust,
Defendant,
JOY G. ADAMS,
Defendant-Third Party Defendant.
____________________ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama D.C. Docket No. 2:13-cv-02016-SGC ____________________ Before JILL PRYOR, BRANCH, and HULL, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM: Plaintiffs Katherine M. Rudd and Tiffany Rudd Atkinson filed this action against defendant Branch Banking and Trust Company (“BB&T”) and asserted claims for breach of fiduciary duty. After extensive discovery, defendant BB&T filed motions for summary judgment, which plaintiffs Rudd and Atkinson opposed.
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23-12708 Opinion of the Court 3 The district court granted BB&T’s motions for summary judgment and entered final judgment. Rudd and Atkinson timely appealed.
After review of the parties’ thorough briefs, and with the benefit of oral argument, we discern no reversible error in the district court’s grant of summary judgment for BB&T.
Accordingly, we affirm the final judgment in favor of BB&T on the plaintiffs’ operative complaint.
AFFIRMED.
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