Legal Opinion
Rhode Island Hospital Trust National Bank v. Zapata Corporation, Zapata Gulf Crews, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided June 1, 1988No. 87-1890PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BREYER, Circuit Judge.
The issue that this appeal presents is whether Zapata Corporation has shown that the system used by Rhode Island Hospital Trust National Bank for detecting forged checks — a system used by a majority of American banks — lacks the “ordinary care” that a bank must exercise under the Uniform Commercial Code § 4-406(3) (1977), embodied here in Rhode Island General Laws, § 6A-4-406(3) (1985). The question arises out of the following district court determinations, all of which are adequately supported by the record and by Rhode Island law.
1. In early 1985, a Zapata employee…
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