Conrad,who grew up in a safe rural area with no need to lock his door,moved to a more dangerous city area.Despite the risk,however,he still often forgot to lock his doors.On one of those "forgetful" days,someone came into his home and stole,among other items,his checkbook and debit card.Conrad only writes a few checks a month,so he did not know until two weeks later that his checkbook and debit card were missing.Conrad had partially filled out a check,which he had planned to use to make final payment to a carpenter who was to do some work the following week in Conrad's condominium.Conrad had signed the check and filled in the carpenter's name,but had not filled in the amount,because he did not know the carpenter's charges.It turns out that the thief was in fact the carpenter,who had noticed that Conrad did not keep his door locked when he went to Conrad's one day to estimate the job.The thief filled out the amount on the signed check as $1,500.In addition to the incomplete check made to him,the thief forged three other checks,and deposited them.Finally,when Conrad and the carpenter agreed on the work,Conrad wrote a $200 check to the carpenter that had not been paid when Conrad discovered the thefts.Immediately upon discovering the loss,Conrad notified the bank of the theft of the checks,that there was an incomplete check that should not be honored,and that the debit card had been stolen.Conrad also placed a valid stop payment order with his bank on the $200 check as soon as he discovered the loss,but the bank nevertheless paid this check five days later.All of the other checks were also paid by Conrad's bank.In addition,the thief used the debit card for a $3,000 transaction.Discuss the liabilities of the parties.
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