in the circuit court of jackson county, missouri, at independence

50. The account was opened in the name of Medical Supply
Chain, Inc., using Medical Supply’s federal tax I.D. number
with a cashier’s check in the name of Medical Supply’s
agent and drawn on Miner’s State Bank of Frontenac Kansas
for $7,500.00.
51. On or about 4/25/02 SAMUEL LIPARI opened a personal
account in his name at US BANK’s neighborhood branch at
3640 S. Noland Road, Independence, MO.
52. Before opening the checking account, the US Bank
employee reviewed SAMUEL LIPARI’s account application and
submitted SAMUEL LIPARI’s personal data to Chex Systems,
Inc. for a background check, evaluation and verification of
eight years of his previous banking history at other
banking institutions.
53. SAMUEL LIPARI was approved for a personal checking
account and an electronic debit card.
54. SAMUEL LIPARI initially used the personal account to
pay expenses of Medical Supply with reimbursement from the
corporation.
US BANK and US BANCORP’s Knowledge of Medical Supply
55. On 6/5/02 SAMUEL LIPARI contacted Piper Jaffray’s
Minneapolis headquarters to speak to Heath Lukatch,
managing director of the Piper Jaffray healthcare venture
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