Opinion ID: 1670703
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Cheryl M. Jones

Text: Aetna issued a settlement check to Lindsay and his client, Cheryl M. Jones, dated February 27, 1985. Lindsay negotiated the check, obtained Jones' signature on a release, and issued her an NSF check for $1,698.40. After the check was returned by Jones' bank, Lindsay advised her to take it to his bank; his bank also refused to honor the check. Lindsay promised Jones that he would bring a cashier's check to her home, but did not show up or respond to her telephone calls. Jones wrote to the LSBA on April 8, 1985, and Lindsay paid her ten days later. Lindsay ascribed his delay to the long hours he kept in the indigent defenders' program. Bank records showed that the funds in Lindsay's trust account were insufficient when the check was dishonored.