Banknorth, N.A. v. BJ'S Wholesale Club, Inc.

MEMORANDUM

CALDWELL, District Judge.

I. Introduction.

Plaintiff, Banknorth, N.A., filed this lawsuit against defendants, BJ’ s Wholesale Club, Inc., and Fifth Third Bank, after third parties allegedly hacked into a computer file maintained by BJ’s and obtained Visa debit-card numbers of Banknorth customers. Banknorth incurred expenses for the cost of issuing new debit cards to replace the ones that had been compromised by the theft and for the cost of reimbursing those cardholders who had suffered unauthorized charges to their accounts.

Plaintiff seeks recovery of $186,000 it spent to issue new…