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PEAT, MARWICK, MITCHELL & CO. v. LOS ANGELES RAMS FOOTBALL CO.

[No. 10, September Term, 1978.]

284 Md. 86 (1978)

394 A.2d 801

PEAT, MARWICK, MITCHELL & COMPANY v. THE LOS ANGELES RAMS FOOTBALL COMPANY.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided November 27, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen H. Sachs, with whom were Robert B. Levin and Frank, Bernstein, Conaway & Goldman on the brief, for appellant.

Douglas D. Connah, Jr., with whom were Francis D. Murnaghan, Jr., and Bayard Z. Hochberg on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before MURPHY, C.J., and SMITH, DIGGES, ELDRIDGE, ORTH and COLE, JJ.

DIGGES, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

Here, as referee, we are called upon to decide a preliminary dispute that has arisen just prior to the opening kickoff in what portends to be a hard-fought legal spectacle. Although the main contest concerns the alleged negligence of petitioner Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Company (Peat & Co.) in preparing a financial statement relied on by respondent Los Angeles Rams Football Company (Rams) when it entered into...

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