WHITE v. GUARENTE


43 N.Y.2d 356 (1977)

Shelby White, Appellant, v. William E. Guarente et al., Defendants, and Arthur Andersen & Co., Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided December 21, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bennett Frankel, P. C., for appellant.

James D. Zirin, Edward J. Ross, George F. Vary and Charles W. Boand, Chicago, Illinois, for respondent.

Chief Judge BREITEL and Judges JASEN, GABRIELLI, JONES, WACHTLER and FUCHSBERG concur.


COOKE, J.

The issue posed is whether accountants retained by a limited partnership to perform auditing and tax return services may be held responsible to an identifiable group of limited partners for negligence in the execution of those professional services. We hold that, at least on the facts here, an accountant's liability may be so imposed.

Plaintiff is a limited partner in Guarente-Harrington Associates...

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