Can you sue a company for withdrawing money from the wrong account?
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Can you sue a company for withdrawing money from the wrong account?
I have been using an online foreign exchange company to get a better exchange rate when transferring my CAD to USD for school I am Canadian but go to school in the states. I have had no issues in the past but on my most recent transaction, they withdrew money from the wrong account which I had used as the debiting account in the past, hence why they had the account info and not from the correct account for which I had authorized the payment. The company agreed that it was a mistake and accepted fault but this has lead to a significant breech of privacy for me personally since the account they debited was a joint account when they were supposed to debit my personal account. I am extremely upset as this has caused a huge issue between myself and the individual I share the account with. What can I do?
Asked on October 23, 2018 under Business Law, Georgia
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 6 years ago | Contributor
No, you can't sue for this reason. You can only receive compensation for actual economic or financial losses, not for "issues between" yourself and another person: because it is not reasonably foreseeable (sufficiently logically predictable in advance) that taking the money from account B instead of A would cause "issues" with another person, that is not something the law would hold them accountable or liable for. So if you did not lose money due to this (e.g. they did not overwithdraw), you have no viable legal claim.
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