Legal Question in Business Law in New Jersey

Re: Altering documents and contracts

Your rights will vary depending on whether the product that is being altered is your personally-identified product or the product of the company. The question is, who relies on your signature? Another factor that would have a great effect is whether you are signing as a licensed professional such as a P.E.

As a general rule, your signature on an internal document is an internal matter for the business. Although it certainly is not good practice, it does not create a legal cause of action if management tolerates alteration of internal documents. Under certain circumstances, the same could be said ever about external documents provided that the company intends to stand behind the alteration. Naturally, there is an exception if your signature constitutes a certification to a government agency or something regulated by statute (such as statements made to insurers to collect claims).

If you co-worker is falsifying documents and you can show damages to you, you may have a supportable suit against her. Unless you can show that your signature has a special meaning outside the company (such as that of a professional), your only recourse against the company is probably to resign.