QUESTION
Is State Bank liable for the money that a client left with an information clerk?
Asked on Nov 17th, 2014 on Labor and Employment - Oklahoma
More details to this question:
State Bank employs him as an information clerk. He has authority only to answer customers’ questions. During a renovation, State Bank temporarily moves him from the information desk to a teller’s window. A customer, believes that he is a teller and leaves a deposit with him. He keeps the money.
1 ANSWER
Not necessarily. What this person did was a crime. A third party action, such as a crime, could break the chain of liability. However, the bank may decide to go ahead and cover the loss, in the interest of client relations and goodwill.
Answered on Nov 24th, 2014 at 2:49 AM