Cook v. Great Western Bank & Trust

OPINION

HAIRE, Presiding Judge, Division 1.

The issues raised in this appeal are: (1) whether delay by a joint payee in informing the banks that his endorsement on a check was a forgery constitutes ratification or precludes recovery against the banks, (2) whether the banks acted in accordance with reasonable commercial standards in dealing with the check, and (3) whether the measure of damages is the face amount of the check.

Joseph D. Cook commenced this litigation by filing a complaint in Maricopa County Superior Court against Great Western Bank and The Arizona Bank for conversion of a check…