Clark Is the Senior Payroll Clerk for the Gonzalez Corporation

Clark is the senior payroll clerk for the Gonzalez Corporation. In preparing the weekly payroll checks for the corporation, Clark added the name of Simmons to the payroll list. Clark knew that Simmons was not an employee of the corporation. Lewis, the treasurer of the corporation, signed the payroll checks and delivered them to Clark. Clark distributed all of the checks to the correct employees with the exception of the one made payable to the order of Simmons. Clark endorsed the name of Simmons to the check, cashed it with Diamond Check Cashing, and vanished. In this situation:

A) an endorsement was not necessary to negotiate the instrument.
B) the Gonzalez Corporation can seek recovery against Diamond Check Cashing.
C) the forged signature is given the same effect as though it had been authorized by the named payee.
D) Clark is not subject to civil or criminal liability.