Broadway Bank is fighting allegations in court that it ignored an 83-year-old woman's<font size="3" face="Times New Roman,Georgia,Times"> mental incapacity and phony loan documents in order to make a $1 million loan against her home -- money that her business partners allegedly used for their own purposes. Her son filed the lawsuit on his mother's behalf in 2006, claiming that she was duped by the bank and by her business partners. "The allegations found in this lawsuit involving Broadway Bank are unsubstantiated and without merit," the Chicago-based bank said in a statement.
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